exaggerate
exaggerate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- ado
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravation
- ahead
- all
- anamorphosis
- and
- are
- ascend
- ascent
- attach
- augment
- augmentation
- bad
- best
- burlesque
- caricature
- catch
- cherry
- crescendo
- cry
- daub
- daubing
- deepen
- development
- dilatation
- dilate
- disperse
- dispersion
- distort
- distortion
- enhance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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