'Exaggerate' definitions:
Definition of 'exaggerate'
(from WordNet)
verb
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
verb
Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" [syn: overdo, exaggerate]
Definition of 'Exaggerate'
From: GCIDE
- Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]
- 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. [1913 Webster]
- A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exaggerate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- be untruthful,
- beef up,
- belie,
- blow up,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- color,
- complicate,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- deceive,
- deepen,
- disguise,
- distort,
- double,
- draw the longbow,
- embellish,
- enhance,
- equivocate,
- exacerbate,
- exceed,
- exhaust,
- falsify,
- fib,
- fudge,
- garble,
- go beyond,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hop up,
- hot up,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- intensify,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- magnify,
- make complex,
- make much of,
- miscolor,
- mislead,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overact,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overgo,
- overindulge,
- overjump,
- overlabor,
- overleap,
- overmeasure,
- overpaint,
- overpass,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- overrun,
- oversell,
- overshoot,
- overshoot the field,
- overshoot the mark,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstep,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstride,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pad,
- parody,
- pass all bounds,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- prevaricate,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- ramify,
- redouble,
- reinforce,
- romance,
- romanticize,
- sharpen,
- slant,
- soup up,
- speak falsely,
- step up,
- story,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- superabound,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tell a lie,
- tout,
- travesty,
- triple,
- twist,
- understate,
- warp,
- whet,
- wrench