ADJECTIVE | all | overblown, grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous | puffed up with vanity |
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all | overblown | past the stage / stage of full bloom |
Sounds | ow.verblow'n | |
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Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | Puffed up with vanity. | |
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Example | "overblown oratory" | |
Synonyms | grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous | |
Broader | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
Spanish | altisonante, ampuloso, campanudo, grandilocuente, grandílocuo, hinchado, pomposo | |
Catalan | altiloqüent, altisonant, ampul·lós, campanut, grandil·loqüent, inflat, pompós |
Meaning | Past the stage / stage of full bloom. | |
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Example | "overblown roses" | |
Broader | mature | Having reached full natural growth or development |
Spanish | marchito |
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