Synonyms of blown up

blown up 1 of 2

verb

past participle of blow up

1

as in angered

to become very angry

she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angered
• snarled
• had a fit
• snapped
• hit the roof
• flared (up)
• hit the ceiling
• flipped (out)
• blown a gasket
• flown into a rage
• gone ballistic
• blown one's top
• exploded
• glared
• blown one's stack
• flown off the handle
• lost one's temper
• blown one's cool
• lost one's cool
• stormed
• burnt
• forgotten oneself
• steamed
• sputtered
• raged
• flared (out)
• warmed
• fulminated
• raved
• ranted
• teed off
• bursted
• vented
• smouldered
• burst
• flashed
• vituperated
• seethed
• foamed
• enflamed
• glowered
• bristled
• sizzled
• burned
• smoldered
• fumed
• inflamed
• maddened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed (down)
• cooled (off or down)
• relaxed
• simmered down
• quieted (down)
• chilled out
• hushed

2

as in exploded

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the building blew up because of a gas leak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploded
• blown
• burst
• gone off
• shattered
• popped
• detonated
• bursted
• fired
• crumped
• smashed
• fragmented
• splintered
• discharged
• shot
• bourgeoned
• mushroomed
• ballooned
• burgeoned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• imploded
• fizzled

3

as in demolished

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blown
• demolished
• blasted
• popped
• burst
• smashed
• exploded
• destroyed
• shattered
• bursted
• wrecked
• decimated
• ruined
• annihilated
• detonated
• dynamited
• fragmented
• splintered
• discharged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• imploded

4

as in trumpeted

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trumpeted
• cracked up
• tub-thumped
• announced
• cried up
• promoted
• advertised
• touted
• ballyhooed
• plugged
• offered
• applauded
• boosted
• glorified
• extolled
• lauded
• acclaimed
• pronounced
• complimented
• publicized
• commended
• eulogized
• proclaimed
• blazed
• laid down
• magnified
• heralded
• advanced
• blared
• asserted
• declared
• claimed
• blazoned
• averred
• made out

blown up

2 of 2

adjective

as in blown

Related Words

• blown
• expanded
• varicosed
• swollen
• distended
• puffed
• varicose
• turgid
• tumescent
• ballooned
• bloated
• dilated
• overinflated
• protuberant
• ventricose
• tumid
• bulging
• ballooning
• turgescent
• dilating

Dissimilar Words

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blown up

Adjective

He got blown up by the Cubs, giving up eight runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025

Visually, this is the same as the regular Unrestored 70mm print but blown up onto IMAX 1570 so it can be shown on the IMAX film projector onto the BFI’s incredible 20m high screen. —Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Recent signing Shane Watts received a lot of work with the second-team unit and took some hard hits when he was blown up at the line of scrimmage. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

And on fourth-and-goal from the 1, the handoff to him was blown up in the backfield. —David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025

Two massive inflatable skeletons were blown up and perched on the grass beneath a tree, with one giant skeleton sitting on top of the other plastic skeleton in a suggestive manner, leaving little to the imagination of her followers. —Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025

That might be one reason Zak Starkey has blown up into such a cult hero for people who ordinarily don’t care a thing about lineup changes in classic rock bands. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025