Overblown Synonyms and Antonyms

ōvər-blōn
Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. aureate
  2. bombastic
  3. declamatory
  4. flowery
  5. fustian
  6. grandiloquent
  7. high-flown
  8. high-sounding
  9. magniloquent
  10. orotund
  11. rhetorical
  12. sonorous
  13. swollen
Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. excessive
  2. inflated
  3. superfluous
  4. flowery
  5. profuse
  6. windy
  7. flatulent
  8. pretentious
  9. bombastic
  10. tumescent
  11. grandiloquent
  12. tumid
  13. turgid
  14. pompous
  15. pontifical
  16. portentous

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Overblown Sentence Examples

  • An overblown vocabulary isn't important.

  • Piano and strings add heft, but none of it comes off as overblown or pompous.

  • The overblown operatic style and melodramatic tempo changes epitomized a style lampooned by rock critics as pomp rock.

  • Even tho there are some dumb moments and an overblown finale, Chan and Wilson's chemistry makes the movie themselves.

  • If a claim feels slightly overblown, then tone it down.

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