overblown

Questions about overblown

What does overblown mean?

overblown means "puffed up with vanity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overblown?

overblown has 3 syllables: o-ver-blown. The stress falls on "blown". In IPA it is /ˌoʊvɚˈbloʊn/.

What is another word for overblown?

Close synonyms include grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous. 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 overblown a common word?

overblown is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overblown?

2 words rhyme with overblown. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.