"overstated" in the verb sense
1. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
"overstated" in the adjective sense
1. exaggerated, overdone, overstated
represented as greater than is true or reasonable
"an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
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