Warnings of disaster may be overblown...
The reporting of the hostage story was fair, if sometimes overblown.
...overblown dreams.
English dictionary. 2008.
overblown — o ver*blown , a. 1. Having been given more publicity than warranted; having had ascribed more importance than was justified; as, an overblown medical discovery. [PJC] 3. Bombastic, pretentious, or excessive; as, overblown rhetoric. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overblown — Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them is a book by the respected American political scientist John E. Mueller published in 2006. It argues that the threat presented by… … Wikipedia
overblown — index inflated (bombastic) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
overblown — (adj.) late 15c., blown over, passed away, from verb overblow (late 14c.), from OVER (Cf. over) + BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.). Meaning inflated, puffed up (with vanity, etc.) is from 1864 … Etymology dictionary
overblown — [adj] excessive, too much aureate, bombastic, disproportionate, euphuistic, flowery, fulsome, grandiloquent, hyped up*, immoderate, inflated, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, pretentious, profuse, rhetorical, sonorous, superfluous,… … New thesaurus
overblown — ► ADJECTIVE 1) excessive or exaggerated. 2) (of a flower) past its prime … English terms dictionary
overblown — overblown1 [ō΄vər blōn′] adj. past the stage of full bloom overblown2 [ō΄vər blōn′] adj. 1. stout; obese 2. a) overdone; excessive b) pompous or bombastic … English World dictionary
overblown — overblown1 /oh veuhr blohn /, adj. 1. overdone or excessive: overblown praise. 2. of unusually large size or proportions: a majestic, overblown figure. 3. overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious: overblown prose. v. 4. pp. of overblow. [1590 … Universalium
overblown — I. adjective Etymology: 3blow Date: 1616 past the prime of bloom < overblown roses > II. adjective Etymology: 1blow Date: 1864 1. excessively large in girth … New Collegiate Dictionary
overblown — o|ver|blown [ ,ouvər bloun ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) something that is overblown is made to seem more important, exciting, or impressive than it really is: overblown reports of earthquake damage 2. ) an overblown object is too big or too… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
