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Words related to exaggerate

Related / Similar Words: overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify, overdo

Definition:

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery";

do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups";

Hyponyms: overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise, overpraise, oversimplify, overleap

Derivational Morphology: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, hyperbole

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