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Present participle for to praise or flatter

Present participle for to exaggerate the importance of something trivial

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Present participle for to extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively

Present participle for to boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

An extreme exaggeration or overstatement

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Verb

Present participle for to praise or flatter

buttering up to

putting on a pedestal

stroking one's ego

complimenting excessively

falling all over

ingratiating oneself with

kissing one's feet

rubbing the right way

spreading it on

hero-worshipping

expressing admiration for

waxing lyrical about

laying it on with a trowel

paying blandishments to

saying nice things about

paying court to

ingratiating yourself

paying tribute to

abasing oneself to

keeping someone sweet

currying favour

curry favoring with

demeaning oneself to

bowing and scrape to

rubbing up the right way

dancing attendance on

curry favouring with

getting on the right side of

prostrating oneself to

licking someone's boots

apple-polishing

prostrating oneself

humbling oneself

bowing and scraping

behaving obsequiously

abasing yourself

seeking the favour of

trying to get on the good side of

falling on one's knees

scratching one's back

abasing oneself before

prevailing upon

trying to win over

knuckling under

kissing the feet of

kissing someone's feet

getting in with

eating humble pie

humiliating yourself

prostrating oneself before

back-scratching

winning the favor of

talking someone into something

twisting one's arm

showing deference

doing everything for

talking blarney

going along with

smarming around

falling over oneself for

praising to the skies

praising to excess

grovelling before

bowing and scrape before

cringing before

singing the praises of

kneeling before

demeaning oneself

showing respect for

bending the knee

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Verb

Present participle for to exaggerate the importance of something trivial

making a mountain out of a molehill

overemphasising^UK

overemphasizing^US

making too much of something

making a big thing of

laying it on with a trowel

stretching the truth

laying it on with a shovel

blowing something out of all proportion

drawing the longbow

shooting a line

making a song and dance about

making a big deal out of something

making a drama out of a crisis

blowing up out of all proportion

catastrophizing

melodramatizing

getting carried away

blowing out of proportion

going overboard

making a production of

over-egging the pudding

overdramatizing

misrepresenting

making a production out of

making a big thing out of

overstating the case

chewing the scenery

going over the top

gilding the lily

emphasizing too much

drawing the long bow

giving someone a sob story

paying extravagant compliments

laying on with a trowel

embellishing the truth

giving fulsome praise

crossing the line

overembellishing

making federal case

making a big thing about

making a thing of

going overboard with

making a thing about

sensationalizing^US

making a performance of

playing on heartstrings

giving color to

sensationalising^UK

playing to gallery

playing to the gallery

romanticizing^US

making a federal case of

going to extremes

overexaggerating

piling it on about

laying it on thick about

laying it on with a trowel about

romanticising^UK

attaching too much importance to

attaching too much weight to

harping on about

laying too much emphasis on

placing too much emphasis on

blowing up out of proportion

expressing emotion

making a mountain out of

magnifying importance

allowing too much for

overelaborating

adding detail to

adding flesh to

exaggerating information

stretching a point

giving substance to

sending through the roof

gaining strength

laying too much stress on

adding insult to injury

rubbing salt in the wound

adding fuel to the flames

adding fuel to the fire

fanning the flames of

overcalculating

going on and on about

going over the top about

theatricalizing

chewing up the scenery

growing quickly

putting emphasis on

focusing attention on

calling attention to

turning spotlight on

drawing attention to

bringing attention to

laying emphasis on

bringing to the fore

giving prominence to

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Verb

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

giving the appearance of

making a show of

making a pretence of

making out like

going through the motions of

putting up a front

putting on an act

putting on a front

shucking and jiving

putting on a false front

going through the motions

swinging the lead

putting up a front of

putting on airs

pretending to have

passing oneself off as

claiming falsely

giving appearance of

professing to have

putting on a false display

misrepresenting

pretending to be

doing a take-off

putting up a smoke screen

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Verb

Present participle for to extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively

speaking well of

giving a puff to

Verb

Present participle for to boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

congratulating oneself

blowing your own horn

patting oneself on the back

preening oneself

blowing your own trumpet

giving oneself airs

singing your own praises

shooting the bull

speaking for Buncombe

talking boastingly

triumphing over

priding oneself

flattering oneself

congratulating oneself on

flying your own kite

hugging oneself

giving a good account of yourself

shooting one's mouth off

drawing attention to

attracting attention

tooting one's own horn

calling attention to

giving publicity to

holding head high

giving oneself airs about

showing off about

piquing oneself in

feeling self-satisfied about

patting oneself on the back for

preening oneself on

giving oneself a pat on the back for

feeling satisfaction at

piquing oneself on

feeling proud of

feeling proud about

flattering oneself on

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Noun

An extreme exaggeration or overstatement

mountain out of molehill

aggrandizement^US

aggrandisement^UK

dramatization^US

dramatisation^UK

overdramatization

gilding the lily

pretentiousness

over-embellishment

over-elaboration

stretching of the truth

heavy-handedness

blowing up out of all proportion

making a big thing out of something

overegging the pudding

yellow journalism

tabloid journalism

intensification

misrepresentation

figure of speech

flight of fancy

self-aggrandizing

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