What is "overemphasize" in English? Definition and Explanations

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

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What is "overemphasize" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "overemphasize": place special or excessive emphasis on

Verb

  • Meaning: place special or excessive emphasis on
  • Example: I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book
  • Synonyms: overemphasise overemphasize overstress
  • Hypernyms: amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
  • Synonyms:

    embellish, overdo, color, overstate, distend, lie, stretch, dramatize, enlarge, pad, fudge, falsify, magnify, puff, heighten, expand, amplify, elaborate, hyperbolize, aggrandize, enhance, romanticize, build up, play up, yeast, overestimate, blow-up, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overelaborate, overembellish, spread on thick, stretch the truth, 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, misquote, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misreport, pretty up, enhance, inflate, aggravate, overstate, overrate, pyramid, color, fudge, dramatize, overdo, embellish, pad, overcharge, overplay, boost, embroider, blow up, overestimate, overdraw, overstress, make mountain of molehill, puff up, overdo, exaggerate, overstate, magnify, stretch, dramatize, accent, overwork, mug, accentuate, hyperbolize, ham it up, show off, overuse, maximize, overdraw, overact, overstress, blow out of proportion, get carried away, labor at, lay it on thick, point up, overdo, magnify, emphasize, inflate, misrepresent, heighten, amplify, lie, boast, fabricate, boost, enlarge, embellish, hike, exalt, pad, expand, puff, brag, fudge, embroider, build up, play up, overestimate, misquote, blow out of proportion, lay it on thick, misreport,

    Antonyms:

    compress, abridge, condense, curtail, decrease, lessen, simplify, shorten, contract, shrink, diminish, lower, reduce, ignore, decrease, lessen, play down, compress, abridge, deprecate, minimize, understate, contract, lower, reduce, shrink, depreciate, be modest, simplify, decrease, lessen, weaken, play down, diminish, miniaturize, play down, ignore, decrease, lessen, play down, compress, deprecate, abridge, simplify, contract, tell truth, lower, reduce, shrink, be modest,

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