What is "exaggerate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does exaggerate mean in English? Meaning of exaggerate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "exaggerate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "exaggerate": to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Verb

  • Meaning: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  • Example: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
  • Synonyms: amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
  • Hyponyms: aggrandise aggrandize blow blow up bluster boast brag dramatise dramatize embellish embroider gas gasconade lard overemphasise overemphasize overstress pad shoot a line swash tout vaunt
  • Hypernyms: misinform mislead
  • Antonyms: downplay minimise minimize understate
  • Meaning of "exaggerate": do something to an excessive degree

    Verb

  • Meaning: do something to an excessive degree
  • Example: He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
  • Synonyms: exaggerate overdo
  • Hyponyms: overleap overpraise oversimplify
  • Hypernyms: do make
  • Synonyms:

    overdo, magnify, fabricate, distort, emphasize, inflate, misrepresent, heighten, falsify, amplify, pyramid, scam, color, corrupt, fudge, lie, caricature, stretch, enlarge, romance, exalt, pad, embroider, boost, intensify, expand, boast, hike, up, hyperbolize, brag, puff, romanticize, build up, cook up, put on, overdraw, overestimate, overemphasize, misquote, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misreport, pretty up,

    Antonyms:

    ignore, decrease, lessen, play down, compress, abridge, deprecate, minimize, understate, contract, lower, reduce, shrink, depreciate, be modest,

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    exaggerate in English: exaggerate
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