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Exaggerate

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 \Exag"gerate\, 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.

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"

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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