over-embellished

Definitions of over-embellished
  1. adjective
    excessively elaborate or showily expressed
    “an over-embellished story of the fish that got away”
    synonyms: empurpled, purple
    rhetorical
    given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
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