'Exaggeration' definitions:

Definition of 'exaggeration'

(from WordNet)
noun
Extravagant exaggeration [syn: hyperbole, exaggeration]
noun
The act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
noun
Making to seem more important than it really is [syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement]

Definition of 'Exaggeration'

From: GCIDE
  • Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag['e]ration.]
  • 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. [1913 Webster]
  • No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'exaggeration'

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