Exaggerate

/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/ · verb

Meaning

To overstate, to describe more than the fact..

Definitions by Sense

1. To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
2. Exaggerative; overblown.

Example Sentences

I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!

He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.

These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.

And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.

Water was invading, like some loving arms, some protecting wings, but its love and care were too exaggerate, they were deadly.

You will leave [the camp] and when confronted to the smallest inconvenience you will have again these reactions that, for me, are very exaggerate.

From this comparison, it seems that the data in Table 7.7 are reasonable, while Ashbel's values are exaggerate.

Synonyms for exaggerate

Antonyms for exaggerate

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Word Forms

• exaggerates
• exaggerating
• exaggerated
• more exaggerate
• most exaggerate

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