BLOWN Synonyms: 328 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈblōn

Definition of blown

as in swollen

enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure if the tin can is blown, throw it away—the food inside is spoiled

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blown

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verb (1)

past participle of blow

as in gasped

to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty that horse was really blowing after the race

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as in spent

to use up carelessly each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas

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as in exploded

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew

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as in blasted

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive one false move and we would be blown to bits

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as in sped

to proceed or move quickly that car blew past us as if we were standing still

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as in murdered

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way

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as in bragged

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved

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blown

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verb (2)

past participle of blow

as in bloomed

to produce flowers longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow

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Recent Examples of blown

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Historians say the horns may have been blown to scare evil spirits, to proclaim victories, or as a way to encourage divine mercy. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 The Journal’s opinion section appears to have blown past that. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Plays were blown dead Wednesday before the Texans could take Young down. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The whistle was blown for a lightning delay with only two minutes left in the second half. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 California is attempting to build the nation's first bullet train, a project that's ballooned in cost and has blown through deadline after deadline for more than a decade. — Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 This debris can get sucked into your ductwork or blown back into the house. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026 Connie is blown quite literally into Martinez’s Paul during a New York City windstorm, which was accomplished with a machine far more powerful than a simple fan, Lyne said at the Academy Museum screening. — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026 Playing Around at Home In this 1986 shot, Diana and her sons are being blown by gusts of wind in the garden of Highgrove House. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown

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Gen, forgetting her swollen wrist, perks up at the thought of having a new person to ruin sheets with.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
If a battery is swollen, leaking, unusually hot or has an odor, the battery may be damaged and could start a fire, Sylvia said.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of swollen

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Some of the more than 100 in attendance in the council chambers gasped or laughed when the town revealed that the fines have only amounted to $1,600 so far.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
The defense struggled a bit in the first half with the reserves on the field even after producing a second-quarter interception, and the offense also gasped and wheezed with the reserves on the field.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of gasped

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While they’ve been spotted enjoying glitzy dinners and events in historic villas with friends in Saint-Tropez and Capri, really, the Clooneys have spent most of the summer at their home on Lake Como.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of spent

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Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP Flight 103 was 31,000 feet over Lockerbie when a bomb in the plane's forward cargo area exploded 38 minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
These markets, which allow traders to wager on anything from sports to elections and pop culture, have exploded over the past two years.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploded

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Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
London, who was married to hip hop legend Nipsey Hussle, would come together with Snoop again to honor Nipsey after he was murdered in 2019.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of murdered

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In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026