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English verb: exaggerate | |||
| 1. | exaggerate (communication) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | ||
| Samples | Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery. | ||
| Synonyms | amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misinform, mislead | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 | ||
| Antonyms | downplay, minimise, understate, minimize | ||
| 2. | exaggerate (social) do something to an excessive degree | ||
| Samples | He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups. | ||
| Synonyms | overdo | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overleap, overpraise, oversimplify | ||
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