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exaggerate
verb as in overstate, embellish
Strongest matches
amplify, distort, emphasize, fabricate, falsify, heighten, inflate, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate
Strong matches
boast, boost, brag, caricature, color, corrupt, embroider, enlarge, exalt, expand, fudge, hike, hyperbolize, intensify, lie, misquote, pad, puff, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up
Weak matches
blow out of proportion, build up, cook up, go to extremes, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misreport, pretty up, put on
Example Sentences
The self-proclaimed "Chief Troll Officer" often exaggerates in an ambiguous way, unclear if he's being sincere or ironic.
He says this while puffing out his cheeks with an exaggerated sigh.
It's hard to exaggerate just how completely devastated the landscape is in this French Indian Ocean territory, which was completely devastated when the storm tore through the islands on Saturday.
Staton had previously ruled Girardi had some cognitive impairment but was competent to stand trial and even showed signs of malingering, or exaggerating, his dementia symptoms.
The biggest of all are the "tradwives": influencers who peddle idyllic images of housewifery, where women's equality is rejected in favor of obsequiousness and exaggerated domesticity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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