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exaggerate
Overview of verb exaggerate
The verb exaggerate has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (14) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")
2. (2) overdo, exaggerate -- (do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups")
Antonyms of verb exaggerate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
=> make, do
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
=> overpraise
=> oversimplify
=> overleap
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
=> make, do
'Cause To' of verb exaggerate
Derived Forms of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
RELATED TO>(noun) exaggeration#1
=> hyperbole, exaggeration
RELATED TO>(noun) exaggeration#3
=> exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
RELATED TO>(noun) exaggeration#2
=> exaggeration
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
RELATED TO>(noun) exaggeration#2
=> exaggeration
Domain of verb exaggerate
Domain Terms of verb exaggerate
Familiarity of verb exaggerate
exaggerate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb exaggerate
2 senses of exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
> misinform, mislead
=> lie
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> sandbag
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
> make, do
=> overdo, exaggerate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb exaggerate
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
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Sense 2
overdo, exaggerate
=> make, do
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Grep of verb exaggerate
exaggerate
Grep of adj exaggerate
exaggerated
Grep of adv exaggerate
exaggeratedly
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