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exaggerator

American  
[ig-za-juh-rayt-er] / ɪgˈzæ dʒəˌreɪt ər /

noun

  1. someone or something that exaggerates.


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A habitual exaggerator, he boasted that all four of his grandparents had been born in Manhattan; in fact only one was even born in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He calls Stepp "the biggest exaggerator I've ever met in my life".

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

Nobody believes Dash, because he’s a serial exaggerator.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2017

Dear Prudence, My mother is a terrible exaggerator.

From Slate • May 18, 2016

I was never so explicitly and categorically called a liar in my life; and he doubtless went home and told his family of the magnificent Western exaggerator whom he had met "down to the depot."

From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry