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Synonyms & Antonyms of overblown
- overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
Synonyms for overblown
- bloated,
- exaggerated,
- hyperbolized,
- inflated,
- outsize
- (also outsized),
- overdrawn,
- overweening
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overblown. Accessed 15 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of overblown was circa 1625
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