exaggeration

Variant of exaggerate

transitive verb exaggerated, exaggerating

  1. to think, speak, or write of as greater than is really so; magnify beyond the fact; overstate
  2. to increase or enlarge to an extreme or abnormal degree; overemphasize; intensify

Origin: < L exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare, to increase, exaggerate < ex-, out, up + aggerare, to heap up < agger, a heap < aggerere, to bring toward < ad-, to + gerere, to carry: see gesture

intransitive verb

to give an exaggerated description or account

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