What is a word that means to "make a big deal out of nothing"?

Question

I can't think of anything, help!

Answer 1

It's not a single word, but one who "makes mountains out of molehills" is one who makes a big deal about nothing.

Answer 2

Exaggerate

Answer 3

It means people who freak out of nothing. But if you work at a drug store like CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and you're asked to reload the fridge with fresh milk and you accidentally break a bottle and thinking it's no big deal but to your boss, it's a big deal. So you clean it up. Then apologize to your boss.

Answer 4

There is more than one term meaning 'to make a big deal out of nothing".

The most important is to exaggerate.
to hyperbolize is another term for such exaggeration.
to aggrandize relates this action to a value or a person.
Phrases and terms such as:
"to make a big deal out of nothing".
"to find a button and sew a vest onto it",
"to make exaggerated claims",
"to overstate",
"to inflate",
"to use scare tactics",
"to raise false hopes",
and dozens of others all comment upon the same real-world action:
"one human mind regards attested facts, grounded values or scientific proofs and proceeds to apply them, inflate them or draw conclusions about them beyond all provable or logical measure..."

Answer 5

Being petty.

Answer 6

If it is to "make a big deal out of NOTHING", the closest I can think of is "lie". In the case of "make a big deal out of A LITTLE SOMETHING", "fuss" might also do in certain contexts.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Trippin!

Answer 9

I know "exaggerate" was already typed, but there is also "embellish" and "hype"

Answer 10

exaggerate, maximise, overstate, overemphasise, magnify, dramatise