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1. (v.t.) exaggerate
to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately:
He exaggerates his accomplishments.
2. exaggerate
to increase or enlarge abnormally:
That dress exaggerates my thinness.
3. (v.i.) exaggerate
to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L exaggerātus, ptp. of exaggerāre to heap up, make greater =ex-ex -1+aggerāre to pile, der. of agger rubble, mound)
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1. (verb) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
2. (verb) overdo, exaggerate
do something to an excessive degree
"He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
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1. (verb) exaggerate
to make sth seem bigger, better, etc. than it really is
He's always exaggerating.; the threat of war exaggerated by the press; Exaggeration is often used in drama.; She must weigh 250 pounds - and that's not an exaggeration!; an exaggerated story
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| Definition of 'exaggerate' |
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1. (verb) exaggerate
to heap up; to accumulate
2. (verb) exaggerate
to amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning
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Sense: to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is
You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.
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 Afrikaans: oordryf |
 Arabic: يُبالِغ، يَزيدجِدّا |
 Bulgarian: почдчертавам |
 Brazilian: exagerar |
 Czech: zveličovat |
 German: übertreiben, hervorheben |
 Danish: overdrive; fremhæve for m |
 Greek: μεγαλοποιώ, τονίζω υπερβο |
 Spanish: exagerar |
 Estonian: suuremaks tegema |
 Farsi: مبالغه کردن؛ اغراق کردن |
 Finnish: suurennella |
 French: exagérer |
 Hebrew: לְהָגזִים |
 Hindi: बढ़ाचढ़ा कर कहना |
 Croatian: pretjerivati, uveličati |
 Hungarian: (fel)nagyít |
 Indonesian: membesar-besarkan |
 Icelandic: ÿkja; draga fram |
 Italian: esagerare |
 Japanese: 誇張する |
 Korean: 과장하다 |
 Lithuanian: perdėti, per daug pabrėžt |
 Latvian: pārspīlēt |
 Malay: membesar-besarkan |
 Dutch: overdrijven |
 Norwegian: overdrive |
 Polish: przesadzać, wyolbrzymiać |
 Persian: مبالغه کردن؛ اغراق کردن |
 Pashto: لويول، غټول، اغراق كول، م |
 Portuguese: exagerar |
 Romanian: a exagera |
 Russian: преувеличивать |
 Slovak: zveličovať |
 Slovenian: preveč poudarjati |
 Serbian: preterivati |
 Swedish: överdriva, förstora |
 Thai: กล่าวเกินจริง |
 Turkish: abartmak |
 Taiwanese: 誇大 |
 Ukrainian: надмірно підкреслювати |
 Urdu: مبالغہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cường điệu |
 Chinese: 夸大 |
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