overblown

a world of overblown egos.

a pile of overblown saplings.

Yet other scientists called the warnings overblown and brought attention to more immediate risks.

Actually, the risk of dehydration is way overblown.

But he still thinks the pessimism is overblown.

That may be because such differences are overblown.

Overblown language is also used when the actual business is prosaic.

For one thing, the schedule and costs have been severely overblown.

I think that at the moment they seem to be quite overblown.

The threat of Polexit, of Poland leaving the European Union is overblown.

Bagman looked somehow like a slightly overblown cartoon figure, standing amid all the pale-faced champions.

It is therefore fortunate, Mr Kagan concludes, that most talk about America's decline is overblown.