overstate (v)
exaggerate (v)
overdraw (v)
hyperbolize (v)
hyperbolise (v)
magnify (v)
amplify (v)

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type v
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def to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
examples tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
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Hypernym misinform, mislead
Derivationally related form magnify → magnification
Derivationally related form hyperbolize → hyperbole
Derivationally related form exaggerate → exaggeration
Derivationally related form exaggerate → exaggeration; exaggerate → exaggeration
Derivationally related form overstate → overstatement
Antonym overstate → understate
Hyponym 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
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Derivationally related form exaggeration → exaggerate; exaggeration → exaggerate
Derivationally related form magnification → magnify
Derivationally related form overstatement → overstate
Derivationally related form exaggeration → exaggerate
Derivationally related form hyperbole → hyperbolize
Hyponym misinform, mislead
Hypernym 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
Antonym understate → overstate

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