exaggerating

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exaggerating

adjective more exaggerating · most exaggerating

  1. Given to exaggeration or serving to exaggerate; overblown. Bombastic Style is an affectation in the composition, either in presenting simple or common ideas under sonorous and pompous expressions, or in speaking of things which have but a vain appearance of grandeur in the most exaggerating manner.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of exaggerate

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Closest in meaning: overstate, hyperbolize, overdo, overdraw, magnify, amplify, doing, enlarging, inflating, overheating, overstating, exaggerations, overdramatize, embellishing, overstatement, hyperbole

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@misc{exaggerating_2026,
  title = {exaggerating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exaggerating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}