blown-up

1. 1.

   as of a photograph; made larger

   “the enlarged photograph revealed many details”

   Synonymsenlarged

   Similarlarge

Questions about blown-up

What does blown-up mean?

blown-up means "as of a photograph; made larger".

How many syllables are in blown-up?

blown-up has 2 syllables: blow-n-up. The stress falls on "blow".

What is another word for blown-up?

Close synonyms include enlarged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blown-up a common word?

blown-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.