Exaggerate
11exaggerate — [[t]ɪgzæ̱ʤəreɪt[/t]] exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated 1) VERB If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I m exaggerating... Don t exaggerate... [V n] Sheila admitted …
12exaggerate — [c]/əgˈzædʒəreɪt / (say uhg zajuhrayt), /ɛg / (say eg ) verb (exaggerated, exaggerating) –verb (t) 1. to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate one s importance; to exaggerate the difficulties… …
13exaggerate — exaggeratingly, adv. exaggerator, n. /ig zaj euh rayt /, v., exaggerated, exaggerating. v.t. 1. to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation. 2. to increase or… …
14exaggerate — v. to exaggerate greatly, grossly * * * [ɪg zædʒəreɪt] grossly to exaggerate greatly …
15exaggerate — ex|ag|ge|rate [ıgˈzædʒəreıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of exaggerare to make into a pile , from agger pile ] to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is ▪ I couldn t sleep for three… …
16exaggerate — verb (I, T) to make something seem better, more important etc than it really is: Sue says she s seen Jurassic Park twenty times, but I m sure she s exaggerating. | exaggerate sth: exaggerating the pain to get our sympathy | greatly exaggerate:… …
17exaggerate*/ — [ɪgˈzædʒəˌreɪt] verb [I/T] to describe something in a way that makes it seem better, worse, larger, more important etc than it really is Don t exaggerate! It wasn t that bad![/ex] We should not exaggerate the importance of this agreement.[/ex] …
18exaggerate — verb To overstate, to describe more than is fact. Ive told you a billion times not to exaggerate! Ant: downplay, understate See Also: exaggeration …
19exaggerate — [16] Something that is exaggerated is literally ‘piled up’ out of all due proportion; indeed that is what it originally meant in English: ‘With their flipping and flapping up and down in the dirt they exaggerate a mountain of mire’, Philip… …
20exaggerate — [16] Something that is exaggerated is literally ‘piled up’ out of all due proportion; indeed that is what it originally meant in English: ‘With their flipping and flapping up and down in the dirt they exaggerate a mountain of mire’, Philip… …
