English to English
exaggerate
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verb (v)
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth(verb.communication)Example:
Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
Synonym:
amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
Antonym:
downplay, minimise, minimize, understatesource: wordnet30 - To heap up; to accumulate.(verb)source: webster1913