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exaggerate

/I/g'z/&//dZ//@/,r/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

    verb.communication

    Examples
    Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
    Synonyms amplify hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
    Antonyms downplay minimise minimize understate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. do something to an excessive degree

    verb.social

    Synonyms overdo

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To heap up; to accumulate.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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