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Adjective

Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

Excessively decorated

Wildly exaggerated or improbable

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

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

Past tense for to state or claim too much

Past tense for to (excessively) boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

Past tense for speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm

Past tense for to make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating

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Adjective

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Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

laboured^UK

labored^US

laid on with a trowel

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Adjective

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Excessively decorated

labored^US

laboured^UK

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

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Wildly exaggerated or improbable

Adjective

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

Adjective

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Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

too big for your britches

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

wiseguy

cliquish

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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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

made too much of something

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

quoted out of context

put words in someone's mouth

overrated

hammed it up

pyramided

belaboured^UK

laid it on with a shovel

belabored^US

maximized^US

maximised^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

laid on

massaged

made a drama out of a crisis

made a big deal out of something

made a big thing about

cooked up

biassed^UK

biased^US

made a song and dance about

laid it on thick about

run into the ground

made a performance of

played to the gallery

played to gallery

played on heartstrings

juggled

changed

laid it on with a trowel about

made a mountain out of

made mountain of molehill

attached too much importance to

attached too much weight to

cheesed

paltered

gave a false account of

paid extravagant compliments

laid too much stress on

masked

embellished the truth

exaggerated information

glossed over

fiddled with

enlarged on

made something out of nothing

laid on with a trowel

beat a dead horse

made mountain out of molehill

given a false account of

went into detail about

gone into detail about

given a false idea of

drest

snown

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

chewed up the scenery

blew up out of proportion

blown up out of proportion

overlay

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

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Past tense for to (excessively) boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions

congratulated oneself

shoveled^US

shovelled^UK

congratulated oneself on

patted oneself on the back

sang your own praises

sung your own praises

blew your own trumpet

blown your own trumpet

gave a good account of yourself

given a good account of yourself

shot one's mouth off

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Past tense for speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm

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Past tense for to make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating

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