Words For Exaggeration

noun a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something

verb to promote or publicize (something) in an exaggerated or sensational way

• The company's marketing team created a ballyhoo to promote the new product.
• There was a lot of ballyhoo surrounding the concert last night.
• I can't believe all the ballyhoo over that celebrity's new haircut.
• His ballyhoo about being the best player on the team was proven wrong during the game.

adjective causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable

• The idea of implementing such a ludicrous policy is simply unacceptable.
• It's absolutely ludicrous to think that I would believe such a ridiculous story.
• That plan is just plain ludicrous, there's no way it will work.
• The distance he had to travel to get to work was so far, it felt like a ludicrous journey.

noun A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, 'tempest' and 'teapot' are both nouns.

preposition A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence. In this phrase, 'in' is a preposition.

article An article is a word that is used to specify a noun. In this phrase, 'a' is an article.

• The issue was blown out of proportion and turned into a tempest in a teapot.
• Don't worry about it, it's just a tempest in a teapot.
• It's no big deal, just a tempest in a teapot.
• The argument between them was like a tempest in a teapot, intense but ultimately insignificant.