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exaggeration
noun
(ex-ag-ger-a-tion)
extravagant exaggeration
Synonyms:
hyperbole
,
exaggeration
noun
(ex-ag-ger-a-tion)
making to seem more important than it really is
Synonyms:
magnification
,
overstatement
,
exaggeration
noun
(ex-ag-ger-a-tion)
the act of making something more noticeable than usual
Examples:
The dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness.
Words Related to
exaggeration
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hyperbole
,
overstatement
,
magnification
,
overkill
,
overreaction
,
hype
,
excessive
,
excess
,
extremism
,
stretch
,
rearing
,
oversimplification
,
understatement
,
untruth
,
absurdity
,
misrepresentation
,
misnomer
,
irony
,
misstatement
,
nonsense
,
mischaracterization
,
puffery
,
distortion
,
hypocrisy
,
disingenuousness
,
fallacy
,
mendacity
,
equivocation
,
adynaton
,
hyperbolism
,
wishful thinking
,
hogwash
,
balderdash
,
poppycock
,
tautology
,
misquotation
,
generalization
,
underestimation
,
revisionism
,
vagary
,
coincidence
,
flapdoodle
,
aberration
,
cliche
,
non sequitur
,
sophistry
,
fibbing
,
affectation
,
disingenuity
,
humbug
,
red herring
,
extrapolation
,
reductio ad absurdum
,
antisemite
,
ghastliness
,
pedantry
,
baloney
,
embellishment
,
pollyannaish
,
false bottom
,
inexactitude
,
fictionalisation
,
contradiction
,
braggadocio
,
ado
,
bunkum
,
alarmism
,
hyperbolizing
,
nitpicking
,
folly
,
synecdoche
,
immoderation
,
cravenness
,
bullshit
,
cynic
,
oxymoron
,
soft soaping
,
doublespeak
,
bloviation
,
jugglery
,
anachronism
,
pomposity
,
tendentiousness
,
misprint
,
braggart
,
idiocy
,
tommyrot
,
furphy
,
atrociousness
,
sophism
,
fatuousness
,
knavery
,
conjecture
,
journalese
,
prevaricator
,
travesty
,
facetiousness
,
refutation
,
reactionism
,
bollocks
,
exaggeration
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