exaggeration

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of heaping or piling up.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
3. (countable, uncountable) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Concepts

exagération

hyperbole

excès

outrance

extravagance

emphase

agrandissement

Synonymes

overstatement

hyperbole

bragging

boasting

magnification

arrogant

extravagance

extravagancy

embellishment

error

exaggerate

concoction

distortion

over

overcharge

overdoing

overestimate

overestimation

overkill

preciosity

rhapsody

snow job

tall talk

going beyond

saying too much

inflated price

misquotion

scale exaggeration

amplification

over-statement

bouncing

colouring

embroidery

exceeding

excess

exorbitance

fairy tale

falsity

fib

hyperbola

misstatement

mistake

Traductions

Übertreibung

exageración

esagerazione

υπερβολή

exagero

exageració

overdrijving

iperbole

hipérbole

hipérbole

Prahlerei

abartı

hyperbool

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin exaggerātiō.