overblown, adj.
past the stage of full bloom
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overblown
puffed up with vanity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
grandiloquent overblown pompous pontifical portentous
sample sentences
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner""overblown oratory"
"a pompous speech"
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
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