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verb (used with object)
1.
to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
2.
to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.
verb (used without object)
3.
to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.
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Exaggerates
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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + agger heap + -ātus -ate1
1525–35; < Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + agger heap + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ex·ag·ger·at·ing·ly, adverb
ex·ag·ger·a·tor, noun
non·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective
o·ver·ex·ag·ger·ate, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
un·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. embellish, amplify, embroider. 2. inflate.
1. embellish, amplify, embroider. 2. inflate.
Antonyms
1. minimize.
1. minimize.
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Word Origin & History
exaggerate
1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," from ex- "thoroughly" + aggerare "heap up," from agger (gen. aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry." Sense of "overstate" first recorded
EXPANDin English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.
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