overinflates
Adds too much air
Overinflates means to inflate beyond the proper or safe amount.
You can overinflate a tire until it bursts, or overinflate a balloon.
Figuratively, to overinflate is to exaggerate or assign excessive value: Critics accused the company of overinflating its earnings, an overinflated sense of self-importance.
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · puffery · bombast · grandiloquence · boastfulness · magnification · superlative · melodrama
Air-filled film sphere
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- boomLoud deep sound
mania · frothiness · exuberance · volatility · instability · unsoundness · riskiness · fragility
Twisting from original state
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
falsification · inaccuracy · padding · fudging · numbers · figures · data · estimates
Exaggerated sense of significance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
hubris · pomposity · grandiosity · self-aggrandizement · boastfulness · pretension · smugness · superiority
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
amplification · dramatization · puffery · bombast · grandiloquence · boastfulness · magnification · superlative · melodrama · tall-tale
bubble
Air-filled film sphere
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
boom · mania · frothiness · exuberance · volatility · instability · unsoundness · riskiness · fragility · tulipomania
balloon
Inflatable rubber sac
expand · distend · bulge · engorge · stretch · rupture · burst · pop · puncture · blowout
distortion
Twisting from original state
- skewingCausing asymmetrical distortion
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
bias · falsification · inaccuracy · padding · fudging · numbers · figures · data · estimates · projections
self-importance
Exaggerated sense of significance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
conceit · hubris · pomposity · grandiosity · self-aggrandizement · boastfulness · pretension · smugness · superiority · delusion
overinflatesunderinflates
Adds insufficient air pressure
deflates · underfills · flattens · punctures · empties
overinflatesunderstates
Presents as less important
underestimates · downplays · minimizes · deflates · undervalues