vanity &c 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist.
much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a
teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking.
V. overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon†,
overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much
importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain,
magnify; exaggerate &c 549; set too high a value upon; think much of,
make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon†;
panegyrize†.
extol, extol to the skies; make the most of, make the best of,
make the worst of; make two bites of a cherry.
have too high an opinion of oneself &c (vanity) 880.
Adj. overestimated &c v.; oversensitive &c (sensibility) 822.
Phr. all his geese are swans; parturiunt montes [Lat.].