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| Main Entry: |
exaggeration
 [ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overstatement, embellishment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
| Antonyms: | minimization, reduction, understatement, unembellishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worsening of a situation, |
| Synonyms: | condition deepening, exacerbation, exaggeration, heightening, increase, inflaming, inflammation, intensification, magnification, sharpening, strengthening, worsening |
| Main Entry: | amplification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, lengthening, magnification, padding, raising, strengthening, stretching, supplementing, upping, widening |
| Antonyms: | abridgement, compression, condensation, contraction, decrease, lessening, shortening |
Example Sentences
- Although it would be an exaggeration to call this article untrue, the report covers far less than half of the story.
- So here they came: droves would hardly be an exaggeration.
- Exaggeration of the defects of your opponent's case appears obligatory.
| Main Entry: | blarney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
| Synonyms: | a line, adulation, baloney, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash, fawning, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil, overpraise, soft soap, soft words, sweet talk, wheedling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brag; source of pride |
| Synonyms: | avowal, bluster, bombast, braggadocio, bravado, exaggeration, gasconade, grandiloquence, heroics, joy, pretension, pride, pride and joy, self-satisfaction, swank, treasure, vaunt |
| Antonyms: | deprecation, modesty |
| Main Entry: | distortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity; falsification |
| Synonyms: | BS, baloney, bend, bias, buckle, coloring, contortion, crock, crookedness, exaggeration, intorsion, jazz, jive, lie, line, malconformation, malformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misshape, misstatement, misuse, mutilation, perversion, slant, smoke*, story*, tall story, torture, twist, twistedness, warp |
| Antonyms: | beauty, clarity, perfection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
| Synonyms: | adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, frill, froufrou, fuss*, garnish, gilding, gingerbread, hyperbole, icing on the cake, jazz, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement |
| Antonyms: | disfigurement, injury, simplification, spoliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extravagance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indulgence; waste |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amenity, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expenditure, folly, frill, icing on the cake, immoderation, improvidence, lavishness, luxury, outrageousness, overdoing, overindulgence, overspending, preposterousness, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, recklessness, squander, squandering, superfluity, unreasonableness, unrestraint, unthrift, wastefulness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | economy, moderation, providence, saving, thrift, thriftiness |
| Main Entry: | exuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profusion |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, copiousness, effusiveness, exaggeration, excessiveness, fulsomeness, lavishness, lushness, luxuriance, plenitude, plenty, prodigality, richness, superabundance, superfluity, teemingness |
| Antonyms: | insufficiency, lack, need, want |
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