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Definition of Overblown
1. Adjective. Puffed up with vanity. "Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Pomp, Pomposity, Pompousness
2. Adjective. Past the stage of full bloom. "Overblown roses"
Definition of Overblown
1. Adjective. Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc. ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of overblow) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overblown
1. overblow [v] - See also: overblow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overblown
Literary usage of Overblown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"Stopped notes are obtained by means of a mute (sordino); overblown notes by the
insertion of the hand in the bell. The former are weak, the latter powerful. ..."
2. Footsteps of Proserpine and Other Verses and Interludes by Henry Newman Howard (1897)
"THE roses all are overblown; Full yellow falls the rye ; The long sweet summer
days are flown : O love !—and I, Who loved thee ere the seed was sown, ..."
3. The Roman: A Dramatic Poem by Sydney Dobell (1850)
"Turn then thine eyes to the rose overblown, Speak of its place in a tremulous
tone, Sigh to its leaves as they fall one by one, And think how the young ..."
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