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exaggerate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXAGGERATE
1
to add to the interest of by including made-up details <the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures>
2
to describe or express in too strong terms <it would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this entrance exam>
Related Words color, elaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, play up, stretch; fudge, hedge; melodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize
Antonyms understate
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