Associations to the word «Overblown»

Wiktionary

OVERBLOWN, adjective. Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
OVERBLOWN, verb. Past participle of overblow

Dictionary definition

OVERBLOWN, adjective. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.
OVERBLOWN, adjective. Past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses".

Wise words

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia