OVERBLOWN

• (adj.) past the stage of full bloom

  "overblown roses"

  The overblown roses failed to catch her eye. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) puffed up with vanity

  "a grandiloquent and boastful manner", "overblown oratory", "a pompous speech", "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

  synonyms : grandiloquent , pompous , pontifical , portentous

  His pontifical speech made him a subject of ridicule. -added by naila_inlas

  His overblown oratory impressed no one. -added by naila_inlas

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