1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
Examples of overblown in a Sentence
Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Steve Eisman, the investor who called the subprime mortgage crisis, said fears of the massive size of the federal budget deficit may be overblown.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 8 July 2025
To the president and his minions, the crisis is overblown.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Suvir Varma, advisory partner at Bain & Company, also believes fears of a contagion are overblown.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 July 2025
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Adjective
Proponents argued that most concerns were overblown.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Steve Eisman, the investor who called the subprime mortgage crisis, said fears of the massive size of the federal budget deficit may be overblown.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 8 July 2025
To the president and his minions, the crisis is overblown.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Suvir Varma, advisory partner at Bain & Company, also believes fears of a contagion are overblown.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 July 2025
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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