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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

“He’s a master exaggerator, been doing it his entire life,” Mr. Fleiss said.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2019

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2017

If the exaggerator shrinks from this course his lie will not pass; it might have passed, and I venture a paradox, if it had been gigantic enough.

From A Novelist on Novels by George, Walter Lionel