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    [Adjective]  | "over*blown" | \ ˌō-vər-ˈblōn \


    1: past the prime of bloom


    Origin: circa 1625 ;

     {see: |blow:3|blow:3};

    [Adjective]  | "overblown" 


    1: excessively large in girth : portly

    2: inflated; also : pretentious


    Origin: 1864 ;

     {see: |blow:1|blow:1};

    [Adjective]  | "overblown" 


    1: extended beyond normal or realistic bounds;


      * e.g., " ... overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter "



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     [ "overblown" ]

    1: The term used to describe the reaction to a MTV VMA incident that was treated as if it were a gang molestation, murder or rape instead of a simple interruption.

      * e.g.,  ... Singer Pink and everyone else's ridiculous reaction resulted in the incident being completely overblown. 

     [ "Overblown" ]

    1: Not possible. Antonym: Underblown

      * e.g.,  ... No definition available because it is not possible to be overblown. 

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