0 bigger or more important or impressive than it should be: --
1 made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true: --
We do not want to recreate some gigantic, over-centralised, overblown structure more appropriate to the 19th century.
No undertaking has been made to expand the cadet forces, and media reports of a possible expansion have been overblown.
I respectfully suggest to him that comparisons between that incredibly tense situation and what is happening now are overblown hoo-hah.
Air intelligence reports were similarly overblown.
They made lots of lovely comparisons, but at the same time, a lot of them also said, oh, it's long and it's overblown, and it's preachy.
Octopuslike, massively overblown cities spilt out into administratively colonized and atmospherically and morally polluted woods, fields and streams.
It should be noted that many scholars believe the scandal has been overblown and the prosecution of government officials for it was both ethically and legally problematic.
However, the claim is overblown.