overblown
/OW0 V ER0 B L OW1 N/verb
- 1
To cover with blossoms or flowers.
verb
- 1
To blow over; pass over; pass away.
- 2
To blow hard or with much violence.
- 3
To blow over or across.
- 4
To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- 5
To exaggerate the significance of something.
- 6
To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
- 7
Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
adjective
- 1
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
“They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?”
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