Skip to content

blown

/bloʊn/verb, adjective1 syllable

Blown means: make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

Synonyms for blown67

verb, as in make a mess of, destroy or ruin

botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff
and 10 more, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up

verb, as in show off

boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

verb, as in be in motion due to some air or water current

float, drift, be adrift, blow

verb, as in spend thoughtlessly; throw away

waste, blow, squander

verb, as in spend lavishly or wastefully on

blow, waste, squander

verb, as in provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

fellate, suck, blow, go down on

verb, as in be inadequate or objectionable

verb, as in leave; informal or rude

shove off, shove along, blow

verb, as in melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

blow out, burn out, blow

verb, as in make a sound as if blown

verb, as in sound by having air expelled through a tube

verb, as in play or sound a wind instrument

verb, as in exhale hard

verb, as in be blowing or storming

verb, as in free of obstruction by blowing air through

verb, as in shape by blowing

verb, as in cause air to go in, on, or through

verb, as in cause to move by means of an air current

verb, as in spout moist air from the blowhole

verb, as in deposit eggs (of insects)

verb, as in cause to be revealed and jeopardized

verb, as in allow to regain its breath

verb, as in burst suddenly

adjective, as in breathing laboriously or convulsively

pursy, short-winded, winded, breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal

adjective, as in being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor

also used for blown

bulled, tumid, puffed, blazed, reefed, spaced-out, baked, blitzed, chemically impaired, chopped, cut, supercharged

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does blown mean?25

verb

1

make a mess of, destroy or ruin“I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

2

show off

3

be in motion due to some air or water current“The leaves were blowing in the wind”

4

spend thoughtlessly; throw away“He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends”

5

spend lavishly or wastefully on“He blew a lot of money on his new home theater”

6

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

7

be inadequate or objectionable“this sucks!”

8

leave; informal or rude“shove off!”

9

melt, break, or become otherwise unusable“The lightbulbs blew out”

10

make a sound as if blown“The whistle blew”

11

sound by having air expelled through a tube“The trumpets blew”

12

play or sound a wind instrument“She blew the horn”

13

exhale hard“blow on the soup to cool it down”

14

be blowing or storming“The wind blew from the West”

15

free of obstruction by blowing air through“blow one's nose”

16

shape by blowing“Blow a glass vase”

17

cause air to go in, on, or through“Blow my hair dry”

18

cause to move by means of an air current“The wind blew the leaves around in the yard”

19

spout moist air from the blowhole“The whales blew”

20

deposit eggs (of insects)“certain insects are said to blow”

21

cause to be revealed and jeopardized“The story blew their cover”

22

allow to regain its breath“blow a horse”

23

burst suddenly“The tire blew”

adjective

1

breathing laboriously or convulsively

2

being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor“blown clouds of dust choked the riders”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with blown?35

Show 40 near rhymes

All 35 rhymes for blown, grouped by syllable

Blown in a sentence

  • She feels bloated, as if she'd been blown up like a balloon.JeanM
  • The fire has consumed her, and the wind blown her ashes away!DJ_Saidez
  • Properly brewing coffee is a full-blown art, a genuine ritual.AlanF_US
  • I get hypomanic, but rarely does this become full-blown mania.rul
  • The wind was so strong, we were nearly blown off the road.patgfisher
  • When she first saw the size of it, my naive girlfriend was blown away.Lachy
  • Everything around him was blown to pieces, yet he escaped without a scratch.CK
  • She stood at the door, her hair blown by the wind.Dejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.