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Synset

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1

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sample sentences

"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
exaggeration exaggeration exaggeration
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derivationally related form
magnification
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derivationally related form
overstatement
antonym
understate
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derivationally related form
hyperbole
semantic pointers
hypernym
mislead, misinform
hyponym
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress boast, brag, bluster, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade pad, embellish, dramatize, embroider, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise