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"Overblown"2 answers
grandiose9 lettersexaggerated11 letters
Filled answer is this word (GRANDIOSE).
Definitions
impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
Word origin
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.
Used in a sentence
“Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.”
“There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Overblown”9 letters
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