exaggerate

Meaning

Verb

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

Adj

Exaggerative; overblown.

Opposite of

belittle, downplay, understate, trivialize

Synonyms

overstate

magnify

overdo

brag

go too far

amplify

overdraw

boast

hyperbolize

blow up

hyperbolise

extend

enlarge

exaggeration

overreact

add

exceed

expand

heighten

increase

aggrandize

embellish

carry to excess

emphasize

overact

aggrandise

stress

overdo it

raise

ruffle up

swell

too much

transgress

vaunt

be excessive

be too much

do too much

make bigger

pile it on

scatter carelessly

see mwandauka 3

make big

use hyperbole

ham it up

put emphasis upon

puff oneself

ruffle up its feathers

announce

arrogant

augment

Translations

exagérer

esagerare

übertreiben

exagerar

υπερβάλλω

exagerar

abartmak

overdrijven

μεγαλοποιώ

outrer

exagerar

aufbauschen

παρακάνω

chargeren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).