exaggerate
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exaggerate
- /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
- /ɛk(s)ˈzæ(ɡ)d͡ʒɜː(ɹ).ɹeɪt/
- /ɪɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).
verb exaggerates · exaggerating · exaggerated
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To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!
Similar: big up, overexaggerate, overstate, hyperbolize, stretch, overcharge, cut it fat, exaggerate, overdo, overemphasize, play up, three-sheet · Opposite: belittle, downplay, understate, trivialize
Opposite: trivialize
adjective more exaggerate · most exaggerate
- Exaggerative; overblown. And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: overstate, hyperbolize, overdo, overdraw, magnify, amplify, overemphasize, overestimate, overreact, overact, oversell, aggravate, inflate, advertise, embellish, overplay
verb
Opposite: trivialize
Translations
Every language
verb to overstate, to describe more than is fact
| Español | exagerar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과대시하다 gwadaesi-hada, 과장하다 gwajang-hada |
| 日本語 | 誇張する kochō suru, 大袈裟に言う ōgesa ni iu |
| 中文 | 誇大 /夸大 kuādà, 誇張 /夸张 kuāzhāng |
| Português | exagerar |
| Français | exagérer, outrer |
| Deutsch | aufpeitschen, übertreiben |
| Italiano | esagerare |
| Ελληνικά | υπερβάλλω ypervállo, παραφουσκώνω parafouskóno, μεγαλοποιώ megalopoió, παρακάνω parakáno |
| Română | exagera |
| Русский | преувели́чивать preuvelíčivatʹ, преувели́чить preuvelíčitʹ, утри́ровать utrírovatʹ |
| العربية | بَالَغَ bālaḡa |
| עברית | הגזים higzím |
Talk about this word "exaggerate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/exaggerate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. exaggerate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/exaggerate "exaggerate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/exaggerate.Cite this
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title = {exaggerate},
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