Found 3 items, similar to exaggerate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: exaggerate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exaggerate
exaggerate
v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
imagery" [syn:
overstate,
overdraw,
hyperbolize,
hyerbolise,
magnify,
amplify] [ant:
understate]
2: do something to an excessive degree;
“He overdid it last
night when he did 100 push-ups” [syn:
overdo]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exaggerate
Exaggerate
\Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Exaggerated;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of
exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr.
agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See
Jest. ]
1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon
them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale.
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2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
concerning.
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A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.
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