padsomethingout
phrasal verbwithpadverbuk/pæd/us/pæd/-dd-
If youpadout aspeechorpieceof writing, youaddunnecessarywords orinformationto make itlongeror tohidethefactthat you are not saying anything veryimportant.
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom