3.5.1.3.6 Exaggerate

Use this domain for words referring to exaggerating--reporting information but saying something untrue that makes the information seem bigger or more important than it really is.

  • What words refer to exaggerating?
    exaggerate, stretch the truth, inflate your story, distort, overemphasize, overstate, overemphasize, overrate, overdo, make too much of, blow something out of proportion, lay it on thick, dramatize, be melodramatic, be overly dramatic
  • What words refer to what is said when you exaggerate?
    exaggeration, overstatement
  • What words describe an exaggerated statement?
    exaggerated, extravagant, melodramatic