overblown
adjectiveExaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.
Excessively inflated
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adjectiveUsing grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.
Inflated in language
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grandiose
adjectiveImpressively large in appearance or excessively ambitious and pretentious.
hyperbolic
adjectiveMarked by exaggerated language; in mathematics, relating to a hyperbola or certain related structures.
Exaggerated in expression
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pompous
adjectiveExaggeratedly self-important or ceremonious.
Inflated self-importance
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tumid
adjectiveSwollen; in writing, excessively inflated or pompous.
Swollen
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