exaggerate

Definition for exaggerate

verb as in overstate, embellish

Strongest matches

amplify, distort, emphasize, fabricate, falsify, heighten, inflate, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate

Strong matches

boast, boost, brag, caricature, color, corrupt, embroider, enlarge, exalt, expand, fudge, hike, hyperbolize, intensify, lie, misquote, pad, puff, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up

Weak matches

blow out of proportion, build up, cook up, go to extremes, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misreport, pretty up, put on

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This week, China's Cyberspace Administration launched a two-month campaign to curb social media posts that "excessively exaggerate negative and pessimistic sentiments".

From BBC

“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated,” says the text over the photo, referencing a famous and famously misquoted line from the American literary icon.

From Los Angeles Times

When suffering is measured, it becomes harder to dismiss; when it is left uncounted, it drifts back into the realm of anecdote, where policymakers can insist the problem is exaggerated, isolated or even imaginary.

From Salon

And exaggerated claims to have got rid of the Irish Sea border still work against the DUP and work for the TUV.

From BBC

He was found by the Bar Standards Board to have "deliberately exaggerated his academic achievements and qualifications in an attempt to improve his tenancy prospects".

From BBC

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