overblown
adjectiveExaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.
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bombastic
adjectiveUsing grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.
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adjectiveImpressively large in appearance or excessively ambitious and pretentious.
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adjectiveSwollen; in writing, excessively inflated or pompous.
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