| 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: 125 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 |
| Meaning | Past the stage / stage of full bloom. | |
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| Example | "overblown roses" | |
| Broader | mature | Having reached full natural growth or development |