Overstated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.]
     To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  overstated \overstated\ adj.
     represented as greater than is true or reasonable;
     exaggerated; as, They made overstated accusations of
     corruption.
  
     Syn: exaggerated, overdone.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overstated
       adj : represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
             exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: {exaggerated}, {overdone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "overstated":
     aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, exaggerated,
     excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent,
     high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, magnified, overdone,
     overdrawn, overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat,
     overlarge, overpraised, oversold, overstressed, overwrought,
     prodigal, profuse, puffed, stretched, superlative, touted