| English verb: overstate | 
| 1. | overstate (communication) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | 
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 | Samples | Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery. 
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 | Synonyms | amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw | 
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 | Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | misinform, mislead | 
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 | 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 | 
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 | Antonyms | downplay, minimise, understate, minimize | 
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