exaggerator
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- noun
- /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪtər/
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exagerador
- Being an exaggerator can sometimes make people question the truth of your stories.
They may have been physical symptom exaggerators all along, but as they get older their physical symptoms may become real.
- They may have been physical symptom exaggerators all along, but as they get older their physical symptoms may become real.
Examples
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They may have been physical symptom exaggerators all along, but as they get older their physical symptoms may become real.
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Puhleeeze, what an exaggerator.
Blog text (6) -
Cohee's a lot of things, but an exaggerator he's not.
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Cohee's a lot of things, but an exaggerator he's not.
Fiction book (1997) -
And what the media usually puts up before the general public are what I call the deniers at one end and the exaggerators at the other end.
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No, women are not overestimating how much they work because they are gender's great exaggerators.
Blog text (7) -
Well, considering Amelia Earhart died in the 1930s, that's a perfect example of the type of exaggerator Uncle Henry was.
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For a party and movement that once enjoyed enviable success in setting and reinforcing narratives (remember "Gore is an exaggerator"?), this utter fail is nothing short of remarkable.
Blog text (4) -
My friend is such an exaggerator; he always makes his fishing stories sound epic!
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As an exaggerator, she tends to make minor inconveniences sound like major disasters.
Synonyms
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A man or boy who makes his feelings seem bigger than they are to get attention
A person who makes a story more exciting by adding extra details
A person who makes small problems seem much bigger
A person who makes up false or exaggerated stories and says they are true
A person who praises something and makes it seem very good
A person who reacts in a very emotional way to small ordinary events
How Truthful
Surface Forms
Morphology
exaggerator = exaggerate (transparent) = exaggerate + or
Clear agentive formation: 'exaggerate' (to overstate) + the agentive suffix '-or' yields 'a person who exaggerates'.
Etymology
Exaggerator comes from the verb exaggerate, which has the parts ex- 'out' and agger 'heap' or 'pile'. Think of someone 'piling on' details until a story looks much bigger than the truth, so an exaggerator is a person who makes things seem larger or more important than they really are.