What is another word for overstated ?

Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

laid on with a trowel

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Adjective

Excessively decorated

excessively ornamental

skillful^US

skilful^UK

with bells and whistles

jewelled^UK

jeweled^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

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Adjective

Wildly exaggerated or improbable

flakey^US

flaky^UK

never to be forgotten

phoney^UK

phony^US

not able to hold water

not in the least likely

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Adjective

(of a statement) Taking no account of particular cases or exceptions

Adjective

too big for your breeches

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

throwing one's weight around

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honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

of preconceived ideas

throwing one's weight about

full of airs and graces

throwing weight around

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Verb

made too much of something

Past tense for to state or claim too much

colored^US

coloured^UK

dramatised^UK

dramatized^US

emphasised^UK

emphasized^US

blew out of proportion

blown out of proportion

drew the long bow

drawn the long bow

laid it on thick

blew up out of all proportion

blown up out of all proportion

made a big thing out of

made a mountain out of a molehill

laid it on with a trowel

made a production out of

made a federal case of

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

maximized^US

laid it on

laid it on with a shovel

maximised^UK

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

harped on

shot a line

made federal case

made a big thing about

made a drama out of a crisis

made a big deal out of something

put words in someone's mouth

laid it on thick about

made a mountain out of

run into the ground

made a performance of

played to the gallery

played to gallery

played on heartstrings

laid it on with a trowel about

drawn the longbow

drew the longbow

quoted out of context

varnished

magnified importance

soft-soaped

attached too much importance to

overstated the case

attached too much weight to

made a song and dance about

added detail to

gingered up

added flesh to

paid extravagant compliments

laid too much stress on

embellished the truth

jazzed up

made a fuss

exaggerated information

enlarged on

made something out of nothing

laid on with a trowel

went into detail about

gone into detail about

bitten off too much

bit off too much

ran into the ground

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

placed too much emphasis on

harped on about

laid too much emphasis on

theatricalized

chewed up the scenery

blew up out of proportion

blown up out of proportion

gave someone a sob story

given someone a sob story

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“We should be happy that all the people there found a home through acquihire but not overstate the importance of the shutdown.”

Verb

put words in someone's mouth

Past tense for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

colored^US

coloured^UK

quoted out of context

biassed^UK

biased^US

mangled

dramatized^US

dramatised^UK

gave a false account of

given a false account of

given a false idea of

put the wrong slant on

molded^US

moulded^UK

created out of thin air

given a false impression of

gave a false impression of

gave a false picture of

given a false picture of

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Verb

Past tense for to (excessively) talk up one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

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