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exaggerate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overdo |
| Type of | do, make |
| Has types | oversimplify, overpraise, overleap |
| Derivation | exaggeration |
exaggerate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
| Type of | mislead, misinform |
| Has types | dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, aggrandise, vaunt, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag |
| Derivation | exaggeration |
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
Examples of exaggerate
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Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy casualties while underreporting their own.
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Those failures exaggerate the effect that fatigue has on an injury-riddled team.
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We did our best not to exaggerate in the book, and they followed it pretty well.
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Badinter seems to completely exaggerate the pressures of this natural lifestyle.
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But, having said all that, it's critical not to exaggerate the current weakness.
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The Dalai Lama may exaggerate a bit when he says that 99% of Tibetans trust him.
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Volumes were again low however, which tends to exaggerate share price movements.
From the guardian.co.uk
Sometimes they exaggerate a health finding to shock the patient into shaping up.
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They tend to exaggerate the investment attractiveness of the companies they run.
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- Overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- Overdo: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
- (exaggerated) represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
- (exaggerated) enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes"
- Hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration
- (exaggeration) the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
- (exaggeration) making to seem more important than it really is
- To overstate, to describe more than is fact
- (exaggerated) That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged
