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overblown

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1. overblown - Adjective

2. overblown - Verb

3. overblown - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

puffed up with vanity

past the stage of full bloom

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We make our sons. This is the tragedy of the tribal Muslim man, and especially the firstborn son: the overblown expectations, the ruinous vanity, the unstable sense of self that relies on the oppression of one group of people-women-to maintain the other group's self-image. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so. Judge Reinhold

People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown. Walt Mossberg

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job. Rowan Atkinson

In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think the form could work more effectively if we lost the bad habits that were created before we were born. Frank Miller

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away. Penn Jillette

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