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exaggerate(dictionary)

exaggerate (iou)



exaggerate verb. M16.
[Latin exaggerat- pa. ppl stem of exaggerare, formed as EX-1 1 + aggerare heap up, from agger heap, mound: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. Pile up, accumulate, (lit. & fig.). M16-L17.
verb trans. Dwell on the greatness of (a virtue, fault, etc.), emphasize. M16-M18.
Monmouth It was..praiseworthy in Bishop Jovius to exaggerate the praises of..his Benefactors.
verb trans. & intrans. Represent (a thing) as greater than it really is; overstate, indulge in overstatement. (Earlier in EXAGGERATION 1.) E17.
G. Greene One is inclined to exaggerate the value of another country's films. I. McEwan He exaggerates a lot, and turns his past into stories to tell at the bar.
verb trans. Increase immoderately (a condition); make (a physical feature) of abnormal size. (Earlier in EXAGGERATION 3.) M19.
Leigh Hunt A nose exaggerated by intemperance. J. E. T. Rogers The existing distress was exaggerated by this great social change.
exaggeratedly adverb to an excessive degree M19.
exaggeratingly adverb in an exaggerating or hyperbolic manner E19.
exaggerative adjective marked by or given to exaggeration L18.
exaggeratively adverb M19.
exaggerativeness noun L19.
exaggerator noun a person who or thing which exaggerates E17.
exaggeratory adjective = exaggerative M18.