exaggeration
Americannoun
-
the act of exaggerating or overstating.
-
an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement.
His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.
Other Word Forms
- nonexaggeration noun
- overexaggeration noun
- self-exaggeration noun
Etymology
Origin of exaggeration
1555–65; < Latin exaggerātiōn- (stem of exaggerātiō ), equivalent to exaggerāt ( us ) ( exaggerate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
What he thought was a hyperbolic exaggeration would come true all too soon.
From Literature
“I saw some government people on TV saying it’s just exaggeration and sensationalism and what and what… you know them and their big words!”
From Literature
Seyfried’s performance is, no exaggeration, one of the finest and most mesmerizing turns any actor has given across the thriller genre.
From Salon
It’s no exaggeration to call the joint U.S.-U.K. military post on the island roughly 1,000 miles southwest of India a vital forward military deployment.
"And she said to me 'you've got a brilliant mind', which is probably an exaggeration, but she said, 'I'd like you to volunteer for Citizens Advice because you're not using your mind.'"
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
