About The Word Overstate

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Overstate

Overstate Meaning & Definition
Overstate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overstate?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Overstate: amplify | exaggerate | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | magnify | overdraw

Related Terms | Find terms related to Overstate: aggrandize | amplify | ballyhoo | belie | blow up | build up | burlesque | camouflage | caricature | carry too far | color | disguise | distort | draw the longbow | dress up | embellish | embroider | enlarge | exaggerate | falsify | fudge | garble | gild | gloss | gloss over | go to extremes | hyperbolize | idealize | inflate | lay it on | magnify | make much of | mask | miscite | miscolor | misquote | misreport | misrepresent | misstate | misteach | overappraise | overassess | overcalculate | overcharge | overcount | overdo | overdraw | overemphasize | overesteem | overestimate | overmeasure | overpaint | overpraise | overprize | overrate | overreach | overreact | overreact to | overreckon | oversell | overspeak | overstress | overvalue | pad | parody | pervert | pile it on | puff | slant | strain | stretch | stretch the truth | talk big | talk in superlatives | titivate | tout | travesty | trick out | twist | understate | varnish | warp | whitewash | wrench

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

Overstate In Webster's Dictionary

\O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.

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