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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 express or describe in exaggerated terms

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

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 one's breeches

too big for one's britches

too big for one's boots

throwing one's weight around

cliquish

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

too big for your britches

overbold

unceremonious

discourteous

of preconceived ideas

throwing one's weight about

full of airs and graces

throwing weight around

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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

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

put words in somebody's mouth

stretched the truth

laid it on with a trowel

quoted out of context

made a federal case of

laid it on with a shovel

maximized^US

made a production out of

maximised^UK

belaboured^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

massaged

made a drama out of a crisis

belabored^US

biassed^UK

biased^US

made a song and dance about

made a fuss

made too much of something

made a big thing of something

blown something out of all proportion

blew something out of all proportion

muddled

crammed

made a big deal out of something

laid it on thick about

made a performance of

played to the gallery

played to gallery

played on heartstrings

made a mountain out of

piled on

blown out of all proportion

blew out of all proportion

made a production of

laid it on with a trowel about

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

made a big thing about

given a false account of

went into detail about

gone into detail about

given a false idea of

snown

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

minimized^US

minimised^UK

put the wrong slant on

put up a smoke screen

swept something under the rug

swept something under the carpet

molded^US

moulded^UK

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

manoeuvred^UK

arranged fraudulently

maneuvered^US

swept under the carpet

created out of thin air

distempered

brushed something under the carpet

treated as unimportant

molt^US

given a false impression of

gave a false impression of

gave a false picture of

given a false picture of

thrown off balance

threw off balance

given a false identity to

gave a false identity to

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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.”

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Past tense for to express or describe in exaggerated terms

dramatised^UK

dramatized^US

magnified

colored^US

coloured^UK

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

laid something on thick

made a big thing about

blew up out of all proportion

blown up out of all proportion

laid it on with a trowel

made a mountain out of a molehill

made a production out of

ran into the ground

run into the ground

made a big deal out of

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 yourself 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 oneself

given a good account of oneself

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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