exaggerate
21exaggerate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare, literally, to heap up, from ex + agger heap, from aggerere to carry toward, from ad + gerere to carry Date: 1613 transitive verb 1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the… …
22exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… …
23exaggerate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overdraw, overstate, embellish, embroider, misrepresent, falsify, magnify, inflate, expand, amplify, heighten, intensify, distort, enlarge on, stretch, stretch the truth, overemphasize, hyperbolize, go to extremes, give… …
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25exaggerate — ex·ag·ger·ate || ɪg zædÊ’É™reɪt v. overstate, make something seem greater or more important than it really is; make larger than normal …
26exaggerate — [ɪg zadʒəreɪt, ɛg ] verb represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is. ↘[as adjective exaggerated] enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions. Derivatives exaggeratedly adverb exaggeration noun exaggerative adjecti …
27exaggerate — v. a. Overstate, overcharge, strain, stretch, overstrain, overcolor, depict extravagantly, color too highly …
28exaggerate — verb the conflict was exaggerated by the media Syn: overstate, overemphasize, overestimate, magnify, amplify, aggrandize, inflate; embellish, embroider, elaborate, overplay, dramatize; hyperbolize, stretch the truth; informal lay it on thick,… …
29exaggerate — v 1. overstate, overdo, make much of, overstress, overcharge, overcolor, make a mountain out of a molehill, make much ado about nothing; hyperbolize, overdraw; romance, embroider, stretch, stretch the point, strain; color, paint, paint in glowing …
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