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exaggerate
exaggerate
v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
imagery" [syn: {overstate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize}, {hyerbolise},
{magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
2: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last
night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {overdo}]


exaggeration
exaggeration
n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: {hyperbole}]
2: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the
dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his
awkwardness"
3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: {overstatement},
{magnification}] [ant: {understatement}]

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