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exaggeration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hyperbole |
| Type of | trope, figure, figure of speech, image |
| Derivation | exaggerate |
exaggeration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | magnification, overstatement |
| Type of | deceit, deception, misrepresentation |
| Derivation | exaggerate |
Examples of exaggeration
exaggeration
It is no exaggeration to say his service means the world to me and our children.
From the kansas.com
It is open to more colorful interpretation, and thus more fanciful exaggeration.
From the stltoday.com
I love exaggeration and personal attack, it really gets to the core of a debate.
From the independent.co.uk
Okay, so this may be a slight exaggeration, but it is happening more frequently.
From the stuff.co.nz
Perhaps the middle figure is an exaggeration, but its bookends certainly aren't.
From the nytimes.com
Cheney has a consistent pattern of exaggeration on intelligence related to Iraq.
From the edition.cnn.com
It would be an exaggeration to describe National Express as a national treasure.
From the guardian.co.uk
Warmongering talk and exaggeration of Iranian capabilities is far from harmless.
From the sacbee.com
It is no exaggeration to say that at that speed, contact might have been fatal.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration
- The act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
- Making to seem more important than it really is
- (exaggerate) overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- (exaggerate) 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"
- The act of heaping or piling up; 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; A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, ...
- (exaggerate) To overstate, to describe more than is fact
