Exaggerate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Bluster
- Dramatize
- Overstress
- Aggrandise
- Lard
- Aggrandize
- Boast
- Overemphasize
- Gasconade
- Embroider
- Blow
- Shoot A Line
- Brag
- Vaunt
- Gas
- Embellish
- Blow Up
- Dramatise
- Swash