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Exaggerate

Exaggerate Meaning & Definition
Exaggerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exaggerate?

[v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
[v] do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exaggerate: amplify | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | magnify | overdo | overdraw | overstate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Exaggerate: 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 | deepen | disguise | distort | double | draw the longbow | embellish | enhance | equivocate | exacerbate | exceed | exhaust | falsify | fib | fudge | garble | go beyond | go overboard | go to extremes | go too far | heat up | heighten | hop up | hot up | hyperbolize | idealize | intensify | jazz up | key up | know no bounds | lay it on | lie | lie flatly | magnify | make complex | make much of | miscolor | mislead | misquote | misreport | misrepresent | misstate | misteach | overact | overappraise | overassess | overcalculate | overcarry | overcharge | overcount | overdevelop | overdo | overdraw | overdrive | overelaborate | overemphasize | overesteem | overestimate | overexercise | overexert | overexpend | overgo | overindulge | overjump | overlabor | overleap | overmeasure | overpaint | overpass | overplay | overpraise | overprize | overrate | overreach | overreact | overreact to | overreckon | overrun | oversell | overshoot | overshoot the field | overshoot the mark | overspeak | overspend | overstate | overstep | overstrain | overstress | overstride | overstudy | overtask | overtax | overtrain | overuse | overvalue | overwork | pad | parody | pass all bounds | pervert | pile it on | prevaricate | protest too much | puff | ramify | redouble | reinforce | romance | romanticize | sharpen | slant | soup up | speak falsely | step up | story | strengthen | stretch | stretch the truth | superabound | talk big | talk in superlatives | tell a lie | tout | travesty | triple | twist | understate | warp | whet | wrench

See Also | aggrandise | aggrandize | blow | blow up | bluster | boast | brag | do | dramatise | dramatize | embellish | embroider | gas | gasconade | lard | make | misinform | mislead | overemphasise | overemphasize | overleap | oversimplify | overstress | pad | shoot a line | swash | tout | vaunt

Exaggerate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaggerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exaggerating} . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See {Jest}. ] 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.

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