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

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019

Janice is my friend, and she is anything but an exaggerator or a liar.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2018

As for Hendrix, even apart from the nonsense on his Facebook page, he is a chronic exaggerator.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2018

"I trust you realise what an exaggerator I am - that I lay myself out to exaggerate," he writes.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson

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