exaggerate
v.
overstate, make something seem greater or more important than it really is; make larger than normal
exaggerate
Verb
1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
(synonym) overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
(hypernym) misinform, mislead
(hyponym) overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
(derivation) hyperbole, exaggeration
2. do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
(synonym) overdo
(hypernym) make, do
(hyponym) overpraise
(derivation) exaggeration
Exaggerate
(v. t.)
To heap up; to accumulate.
(v. t.)
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Words exceeding facts.
To exaggerate. To overstate beyond facts.
exaggerate
v. a.
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