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overblownness

overblownness noun: the state or quality of being overblown.

Noun

overblownness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being overblown.
    • He was hooked immediately by the overheated imagery, the overblownness of it all. No writer he read had ever communicated that feeling of an incomprehensible madness.2011, Jason Zinoman, Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror, New York, N.Y.: The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 61

Origin of overblownness

From overblown + -ness.

Questions about overblownness

What does overblownness mean?
Overblownness means the state or quality of being overblown.
What part of speech is overblownness?
Overblownness is a noun.

Words near overblownness in the dictionary

  1. overblow
  2. overblower
  3. overblowers
  4. overblowing
  5. overblown
  6. overblownness
  7. overblows
  8. overboard
  9. overboarded
  10. overboarding
  11. overboards

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