Exaggeration

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  • n. The act of heaping or piling up.
  • n. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
  • n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of heaping or piling up.
  • n. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
  • n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A heaping together; accumulation; a pile or heap.
  • n. An undue or excessive enlargement or development.
  • n. Amplification; unreasonable or extravagant overstating or overdrawing in the representation of things; hyperbolical representation.
  • n. In the fine arts, a representation of things in which their natural features are emphasized or magnified.
  • n. In zoology, amplification or intensification; emphasis or conspicuousness, as of any characteristics: as, this form is but an exaggeration of the other.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. making to seem more important than it really is
  • n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual
  • n. extravagant exaggeration
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deception    misrepresentation    deceit    step-up    increase   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hyperbole    overstatement    excess    enhancement   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exaggerations    extravagance    distortion    affectation    absurdity   
     
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