exaggerate

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
exaggerate (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth - overstate a friend exaggerates a man's virtues Joseph Addison
2.
intransitive verb
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal - overemphasize to make an overstatement
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
exaggerate (verb)
1.
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
SYNONYMS:
color, elaborate (on), embellish, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch
RELATED WORDS:
dress up, gussy up; amplify, enhance, enlarge (on upon), expand, flesh (out); fudge, hedge; overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate; emphasize, play up, stress; caricature; satirize
NEAR ANTONYMS:
belittle, minimize, play down, understate
exaggerate (verb)
2.
to describe or express in too strong terms
SYNONYMS:
exaggerate, overdo, overdraw, put on
RELATED WORDS:
color, elaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, play up, stretch; fudge, hedge; melodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize
NEAR ANTONYMS:
belittle, minimize, play down
understate
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