exaggerate
to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.
to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.
Origin of exaggerate
1Other words for exaggerate
Opposites for exaggerate
Other words from exaggerate
- ex·ag·ger·at·ing·ly, adverb
- ex·ag·ger·a·tor, noun
- non·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective
- o·ver·ex·ag·ger·ate, verb, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ing.
- un·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective
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How to use exaggerate in a sentence
It basically renders the host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” as a cartoon character, perfecting the marriage between chef and his food, both exaggerated for effect.
Guy Fieri’s new chain of virtual kitchens aims to help independent restaurants — but will compete with them, too | Tim Carman | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostYou will see—in brief, the only exaggerator in the South is Old Sol, for he does enlarge everything he touches.
He was every inch a Gascon, a boastful talker, an exaggerator, fond of posing and a little of a bully.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime | William Henry Atherton"I must perform my official duties," remarked the King's Exaggerator.
The Missing Prince | G. E. FarrowHe smiled, for the sheriff was a well-known exaggerator, but he met no answering smile.
Manslaughter | Alice Duer Miller
“I trust you realise what an exaggerator I am—that I lay myself out to exaggerate,” he writes.
Familiar Studies of Men and Books | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for exaggerate
/ (ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt) /
to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true
(tr) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual: his new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness
Origin of exaggerate
1Derived forms of exaggerate
- exaggeratingly, adverb
- exaggeration, noun
- exaggerative or exaggeratory, adjective
- exaggerator, noun
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