Antonyms for exaggerate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ig-zaj-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪt |
Definition of exaggerate
Origin :- 1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," literally "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (genitive aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry" (see gest). Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.
- verb overstate, embellish
- His pessimism about his play caused him to exaggerate the enormity of his offences.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- For to exaggerate with judgment one must begin by measuring with nicety.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- I do not exaggerate when I say that from end to end could not be discerned a single weed.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- I will not be so superfluous as to exaggerate the difficulty.
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- I believe I had as much right to exaggerate in peddling as I had in writing verse.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- We would not exaggerate the importance of these little children or their cause.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- It is of course easy to exaggerate the influence of sentiment in the case.
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
- It was impossible to exaggerate the scorn which her voice imported into the word.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- This is an indispensable operation but we must not exaggerate its scope.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
Synonyms for exaggerate
- amplify
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build up
- caricature
- color
- cook up
- corrupt
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- falsify
- fudge
- go to extremes
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- intensify
- lay it on thick
- lie
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- up
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