Exaggerate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate: exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
  • v. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree: thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.
  • verb-intransitive. To make overstatements.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To heap up; to accumulate.
  • v. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To heap up; accumulate.
  • To increase immoderately or extravagantly; make incongruously large or extended; amplify beyond proper bounds.
  • To cause to appear immoderately large or important; amplify in representation or apprehension; enlarge beyond truth or reason.
  • In the fine arts, to heighten extravagantly or disproportionately in effect or design: as, to exaggerate particular features in a painting or statue.
  • To amplify unduly in thought or in description; use exaggeration in speech or writing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  • v. do something to an excessive degree
  • Antonym
    belittle    understate    downplay   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amplify    magnify    enhance    stretch    overspeak    overpicture    overdraw    overtell    overdo    overstate   
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