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- Dictionaryexaggerate/ɪɡˈzadʒəreɪt/
verb
- 1. represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is: "he was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains"
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EXAGGERATE definition: 1. to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is: 2. to make…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXAGGERATE is to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth : overstate. How to use exaggerate in a sentence.
We all have a tendency to exaggerate. It makes our stories funnier, or more dramatic. After all, when you exaggerate, you're not really lying — you're just overstating things. The word exaggerate can also suggest that a particular characteristic is overdone or almost larger than life.
Exaggerate definition: to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately. See examples of EXAGGERATE used in a sentence.
EXAGGERATE meaning: 1. to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is: 2. to make…. Learn more.
1. to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: He exaggerates his accomplishments. 2. to increase or enlarge abnormally: That dress exaggerates my thinness. v.i. 3. to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing.
If you exaggerate, or exaggerate something, you make the thing that you are talking about seem bigger or more important than it actually is. She exaggerated her qualifications in job applications.
Exaggerate definition: To consider, represent, or cause to appear as larger, more important, or more extreme than is actually the case; overstate.
to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is. The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating. exaggerate something He tends to exaggerate the difficulties. I'm sure he exaggerates his Irish accent (= tries to sound more Irish than he really is).
EXAGGERATE definition: to make something seem larger, better, worse, etc than it really is: . Learn more.
