OVERBLOWN


Meaning of OVERBLOWN in English

I. ˌō-vər-ˈblōn adjective

Etymology: blow (III)

Date: 1616

: past the prime of bloom

overblown roses

II. adjective

Etymology: blow (I)

Date: 1864

1. : excessively large in girth : portly

2. : inflated

overblown claims

overblown rhetoric

also : pretentious

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.