overblown

verb

  1. 1

    To cover with blossoms or flowers.

verb

  1. 1

    To blow over; pass over; pass away.

  2. 2

    To blow hard or with much violence.

  3. 3

    To blow over or across.

  4. 4

    To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.

  5. 5

    To exaggerate the significance of something.

  6. 6

    To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.

  7. 7

    Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.

    They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?

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