All overstatement synonyms

noun overstatement

• embellishment — A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
• exaggeration — A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
• icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
• overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
• bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
• fussiness — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
• gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
• fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
• froufrou — elaborate decoration, as frills, ribbons, or ruffles, especially on women's clothing.
• fandangle — elaborate ornament
• aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
• good word — Used other than as an idiom: see good,‎ word.
• cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
• floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
• aggrandizement — If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves.
• magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
• hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
• overestimation — An excessive estimation.