to exaggerate
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3.1
- verb
- /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/
:
exagerar
- When you get too pearlescent with a foundation, it can exaggerate your pores texture.
- exaggerated claims
- grossly exaggerate
- greatly exaggerated
It's clear that I'm exaggerating for the for the humorous content.
- It's clear that I'm exaggerating for the for the humorous content.
- So it may be that everyone's trying to like exaggerate the dimorphism.
- I know that the mainstream press greatly exaggerated a lot of this.
- It doesn't necessarily mean that it needed advertising that would exaggerate the threat of the disease.
- But folks, other than that, I don't want to exaggerate here.
- And it's, it's, it's all being exaggerated.
- Often people who get this label will exaggerate.
- So in my thinking, let's just really exaggerate that.
Examples
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Many ads exaggerate the benefits of their products to attract customers.
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I know that the mainstream press greatly exaggerated a lot of this.
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Some people exaggerate even more than I do.
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And then your picture might look, you know, if you exaggerate, it might look like that.
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I did exaggerate about one thing.
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Speak clearly but not too slowly, and do not exaggerate your lip movements.
Academic text (2011) -
I think they thought I was exaggerating when I took you in.
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In subsequent years, Washington sometimes exaggerated Chinese power but rarely gave China much attention.
Academic text (1991) -
Although these differences of opinion should not be exaggerated, they cannot be dismissed.
Academic text (1999) -
Look, you're exaggerating the situation.
Synonyms
192
4.8
Make something seem bigger than it really is
70
4.2
Say something is bigger or more important than it really is
58
3.6
Do something too much, more than needed
47
4.2
To make something seem more important or bigger than it really is
34
4.6
To make something seem more important or serious than it really is
20
3.4
To make something seem larger or more important than it is
15
4.2
To make something seem more exciting or important than it really is
13
4.6
Make something seem more important or serious than it really is
12
6.8
To make stories seem more exciting than they are
9
5.6
To make something seem bigger or more important than it really is
9
4.3
Make something seem more important or impressive than it is
8
5.5
Treat something as more important than it should be
7
4.9
Make something seem better than it really is
5
5.3
To make a story seem better than it really is
5
9.5
To make something seem more important by adding details or exaggerating
4
3.7
To make something seem more important or bigger than it is
3
6.4
Treat a small problem as if it were very serious
3
6.6
Describe something as more serious or emotional than it really is
2
5.8
Treat something as more important or serious than it is
1
5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
1
5.9
To make something seem more important or serious than it is
1
8.3
Act as if something is much more difficult or important than it is
1
5.4
To make something seem much worse or bigger than it is
1
7.9
To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is
Describe something as more important or impressive than it really is
To make a story sound more exciting or important than it really is
To make something seem more emotional and dramatic than it is
Act as if a task is much harder than it is
Antonyms
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Morphology
exaggerate = ex + agger + ate
Although segmentable into ex- + agger + -ate etymologically, the element 'agger' is not a standalone English word and the prefix/suffix do not yield the verb's meaning transparently for typical learners.
Etymology
Exaggerate comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and agger 'heap', so it originally meant to 'pile up' or make a heap bigger, and that's why to exaggerate is to make something seem larger or more extreme than it really is.