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verb (used with object), ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing. to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.
verb (used without object), ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing. to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.
Origin of exaggerate 1525–35; <Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + agger heap + -ātus -ate1
SYNONYMS FOR exaggerate 1 embellish, amplify, embroider.
2 inflate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM exaggerate ex·ag·ger·at·ing·ly, adverb ex·ag·ger·a·tor, noun non·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective o·ver·ex·ag·ger·ate, verb, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ing.
un·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for exaggerate Hindenburg also panned the Nikola One, the company’s first semi truck, calling it “not a real truck” and said it corroborated a Bloomberg story from June about the company exaggerating its capabilities.
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In June, Bloomberg News reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, Milton had exaggerate d the capabilities of its debut big rig during an unveiling event in December 2016.
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Concerns and anxiety can sometimes tip into the unhelpful range, however, when your mind exaggerate s a threat, explains Lee, the psychologist.
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So there’s a supposed psychological phenomenon — bystander apathy — that turns out to be misinterpreted, or exaggerate d.
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It should be noted that the Anti-Coup movement has been known to exaggerate facts and numbers.
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But things inspire you based on your personal experience, and then you exaggerate or incorporate other stories from friends.
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Fame is known to exaggerate a character, and Oprah uses two examples: the humanitarian and the jerk.
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Rachel's cry, "Give me children, or else I die," does not exaggerate the agony of a childless Syrian wife.
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You exaggerate the service we were able to do you, which we would have rendered to anybody.
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We would not exaggerate the importance of these little children or their cause.
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But it would be a mistake to exaggerate the evil, or to suppose that it is comparable in magnitude to the evils endured in Europe.
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Branwell's extreme sensibility caused him, indeed, to exaggerate both the lights and the shadows of his existence.
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British Dictionary definitions for exaggerate verb to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true
(tr) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual his new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness
Derived forms of exaggerate exaggeratingly , adverb exaggeration , noun exaggerative or exaggeratory , adjective exaggerator , noun Word Origin for exaggerate C16: from Latin exaggerāre to magnify, from aggerāre to heap, from agger heap
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