Synset:amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
Examples:
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery
Antonyms:understate
Derivationally Related Form:overstatementmagnificationexaggerationhyperbole
Hypernyms:misinform mislead
Inherited Hypernyms:overstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:aggrandiseaggrandizeblowblow upblusterboastbragdramatisedramatizeembellishembroidergasgasconadelardoveremphasiseoveremphasizeoverstresspadshoot a lineswashtoutvaunt
Full Troponyms:boastembroidergloatglorifyoveremphasizepreenpuff
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something