exaggerate
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(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old_South'' imagery." |
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Synonyms: amplify, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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Related Words: aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, emphasise, gas, gasconade, lard, misinform, mislead, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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(verb) do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups" |
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Synonyms: overdo |
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Related Words: do, make, overleap |
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