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What is another word for overstated?

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Adjective

Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

Excessively decorated

Wildly exaggerated or improbable

Affectedly grand or pretentious in manner or behavior

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

Past tense for to state or claim too much

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

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

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Adjective

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Stated, displayed, or presented too grandly or prominently

labored^US

laboured^UK

laid on with a trowel

blown out of proportion

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Adjective

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Excessively decorated

Adjective

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Wildly exaggerated or improbable

Adjective

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Affectedly grand or pretentious in manner or behavior

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

throwing one's weight around

too big for your breeches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

swollen with pride

throwing one's weight about

throwing weight around

of preconceived ideas

stand-offish

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Adjective

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

Verb

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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

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

maximized^US

laid it on

dressed up

laid it on with a shovel

maximised^UK

labored^US

laboured^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

filled out

made a drama out of a crisis

varnished

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

explicated

laid it on with a trowel about

drawn the longbow

drew the longbow

quoted out of context

magnified importance

soft-soaped

interlarded

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

made much of

hammered home

sweet-talked

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

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

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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

put words in someone's mouth

dramatized^US

dramatised^UK

gave a false account of

given a false account of

given a false idea of

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

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

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