exaggerate
Use Exaggerate in a sentence
əˌreɪt 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.
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, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, o·ver·ex·ag·ger·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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exaggerate (ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true |
| 2. | (tr) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual: his new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness |
| [C16: from Latin exaggerāre to magnify, from aggerāre to heap, from agger heap] | |
| ex'aggeratingly | |
| —adv | |
| exagger'ation | |
| —n | |
| ex'aggerative | |
| —adj | |
| ex'aggeratory | |
| —adj | |
| ex'aggerator | |
| —n | |
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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
in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.
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Example sentences
Many people embellish their tax returns to exaggerate their charitable contributions.
Some departments routinely exaggerate the impact of the journals their faculty publish in.
His popularity, indeed, it would be impossible to exaggerate.
Hedge funds' boosters and detractors both exaggerate.
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