Overemphasize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To place too much emphasis on or employ too much emphasis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. to emphasize excessively; to place excessive emphasis on.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. place special or excessive emphasis on
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    overdraw    exaggerate    overstate    magnify    hyperbolise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    emphasise    overstress   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound