Definition of exaggerates Exaggerates
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What does exaggerates mean?
Part of speech
š¤- exaggerates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of exaggerate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| exaggerate - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" | ||
| overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | ||
| understate, downplay, minimise, minimize represent as less significant or important | ||
| misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to | ||
| overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book" | ||
| vaunt, shoot a line, gasconade, brag, gas, boast, tout, bluster, swash, blow attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" | ||
| aggrandise, aggrandize, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, pad, blow up add details to | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- exaggerate (v. t.)
To heap up; to accumulate. - exaggerate (v. t.)
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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exaggerate
To make something appear to be, or describe it as, larger or better than it really is.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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exaggerate
egz-ajā²Är-Ät, v.t. to magnify unduly: to represent too strongly: to intensify.ān. ExaggerÄā²tion, extravagant representation: a statement in excess of the truth.āadjs. Exaggā²erative, Exaggā²eratory, containing exaggeration or tending to exaggerate.ān. Exaggā²erator. [L. exaggerÄre, -Ätumāex, aggerÄre, to heap upāagger, a heap.]
Part of speech
š¤- exaggerate, verb, present, 1st person singular of exaggerate (infinitive).
- exaggerate, verb (infinitive).
