exaggeration

ex·ag·ger·ate  (g-zj-rt)

v. ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing, ex·ag·ger·ates

v.tr.

1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate: exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.

2. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree: thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.

v.intr.

To make overstatements.

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[Latin exaggerre, exaggert-, to heap up, magnify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + aggerre, to pile up (from agger, pile, from aggerere, to bring to : ad-, ad- + gerere, to bring).]

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ex·agger·ated·ly adv.

ex·agger·ation n.

ex·agger·ative, ex·agger·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.

ex·agger·ator n.

Synonyms: exaggerate, inflate, magnify, overstate
These verbs mean to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is: exaggerated the size of the fish I caught; inflated his own importance; magnifying her part in their success; overstated his income on the loan application.

Antonym: minimize

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Exaggeration of fishermen—Hare.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	exaggeration - extravagant exaggeration             hyperbole figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
	2.	exaggeration - the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
	3.	exaggeration - making to seem more important than it really is overstatement, magnification deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

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exaggeration

noun overstatement, inflation, emphasis, excess, enlargement, pretension, extravagance, hyperbole, magnification, amplification, embellishment, exaltation, pretentiousness, overemphasis, overestimation Like most of his stories, it smacks of exaggeration.
restraint, understatement, underplaying, meiosis, litotes

Quotations
"An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper" [Kahlil Gibran Sand and Foam]

Translations

exaggeration [ɪgˈzædʒəreɪʃən] N → exageración f

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exaggeration [ɪgˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ^ən] n → exagération f
it would be an exaggeration to ... → il serait exagéré de ...

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exaggeration

n → Übertreibung f; a bit of an exaggeration → eine leichte Übertreibung, leicht übertrieben

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exaggeration [ɪgˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → esagerazione f

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exaggeration [ɪgˌzædʒəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → esagerazione f

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exaggeration → مبالغة přehánění overdrivelse Übertreibung υπερβολή exageración liioittelu exagération pretjerivanje esagerazione 誇張 과장 overdrijving overdrivelse wyolbrzymienie exagero преувеличение överdrift การพูดเกินความจริง abartı sự phóng đại 夸张