# blown

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bləʊn/ · frequency rank #5,009

## Definitions
1. Distended, swollen, or inflated.
2. Panting and out of breath.
3. Formed by blowing.
4. Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
5. Stale; worthless.
6. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
7. Given a hot rod blower.
8. Having failed.

## Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan.
Morphologically blow + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bow)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bon)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-born)
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bowl)
- **brow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-brow)
- **bows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bows)
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-boon)
- **Bonn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bonn)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bowe)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-brown)
- **blows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-blows)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bowen)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-brows)
- **brawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-brawn)
- **blog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blog-vs-blown)
- **blow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blow-vs-blown)
- **blew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-blown)
- **bloc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bloc-vs-blown)
- **blob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blob-vs-blown)
- **blot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blot-vs-blown)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblown`, `bllown`, `blonw`, `blownn`, `blowwn`, `blwon`, `bolwn`, `lbown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blown