Overblown and Plain

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Overblown adjective - Extended beyond normal or realistic bounds.

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Plain is an antonym for overblown.

Nearby Words: overblow, overblowing

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Overblown is an antonym for plain.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

While the effect is intentional to imply that he's sort of inhuman, the stilted whispering can get just plain overblown at times even during dramatic monologues.

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