ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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.].
483. Underestimation -- N. underestimation; depreciation &c (detraction) 934;
pessimism, pessimist; undervaluing &c v.; modesty &c 881.
V. underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon † ; depreciate; disparage &c
(detract) 934; not do justice to; misprize, disprize; ridicule &c 856; slight &c (despise)
930; neglect &c 460; slur over.
make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of; belittle; minimize,
think nothing of; set no store by, set at naught; shake off as dewdrops from the lion's
mane.
Adj. depreciating, depreciated &c v.; unvalued, unprized † .
484. Belief -- N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence,
presumption, sanguine expectation &c (hope) 858; dependence on, reliance on.
persuasion, conviction, convincement † , plerophory † , self-conviction; certainty &c 474;
opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression &c (idea) 453; surmise &c 514;
conclusion &c (judgment) 480.
tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking; popular belief &c (assent) 488.
firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch
belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief,
dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion,
settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion,
steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion,
impartial opinion, well-founded opinion &c; uberrima fides [Lat.].
system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article of faith, declaration of
faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda † , creed; thirty-nine articles &c (orthodoxy)
983.1; catechism; assent &c 488; propaganda &c (teaching) 537.
credibility &c (probability) 472.
V. believe, credit; give faith to, give credit to, credence to; see, realize; assume, receive;
set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume.
count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean
upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon; lay one's account for; make sure of.
make oneself easy about, on that score; take on trust, take on credit; take for granted,
take for gospel; allow some weight to, attach some weight to.