Associations to the word «Exaggerate»

Wiktionary

EXAGGERATE, verb. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

Dictionary definition

EXAGGERATE, verb. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery".
EXAGGERATE, verb. Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups".

Wise words

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