Synonyms:
- Barnumize,
- act a part,
- affect,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- assume,
- ballyhoo,
- bedaub,
- besmear,
- blarney,
- blow,
- blow off,
- blowhard,
- bombast,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- butter,
- butter up,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- coat,
- counterfeit,
- dab,
- daub,
- do a bit,
- dramatize,
- draw the longbow,
- enamel,
- exaggerate,
- fake,
- feign,
- get around,
- gild,
- gloss,
- go to extremes,
- histrionize,
- honey,
- hyperbolize,
- inflate,
- jolly,
- kid along,
- lacquer,
- lay it on,
- lay on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- make out like,
- oil,
- overact,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdo it,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pile it on,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play up to,
- playact,
- pontificate,
- pretend,
- prime,
- puff,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- sham,
- shoot the shit,
- simulate,
- slap on,
- slather,
- smear,
- smear on,
- soap,
- soft-soap,
- soften up,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- string along,
- stroke,
- talk big,
- talk highfalutin,
- talk in superlatives,
- tar,
- tout,
- travesty,
- tug the heartstrings,
- undercoat,
- vapor,
- wear