exaggeration

pronunciation

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Noun:

extravagant exaggeration
the act of making something more noticeable than usual
making to seem more important than it really is

Word Origin

exaggeration (n.): 1560s, from Latin exaggerationem (nominative exaggeratio) "elevation, exaltation" (figurative), noun of action from past participle stem of exaggerare "amplify, magnify," literally "heap up" (see exaggerate).

Synonym

n.

n.

tale fish story magnification puffery coloring tall hyperbole embroidery amplification

n.

bombast braggadocio grandiloquence rodomontade boasting pomposity magniloquence grandiosity gasconade

n.

swelling enlargement overestimation overkill

Antonym

n.

Example

1. It is no exaggeration to call this gendercide .

2. An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper .

3. Dr. chhangani calls it an ' exaggeration ' that families had to buy their own medical supplies .

4. Even vernon 's logo proclaims that the city is " exclusively industrial " , and that is no exaggeration .

5. That may sound like an exaggeration .

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