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What (who) is Exaggerate - definition

STATEMENT THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING IN AN EXCESSIVE MANNER
Overreaction; Exaggerated; Exaggerating; Exaggerate; Exaggerates; Catastrophization; Stretching the truth; Overstating; Laying it on thick; Catastrophisation; Exaggeratedly; Exaggerations; Overreacting; Overstate; Catastrophizing; Catastrophising; Stretch the truth; Catastrophise; Catastrophize; Lay it on thick; Overreact; Overplay; Overplaying; A stretch; Over react; Over reacting; Over play; Over playing; Terriblization; Terriblisation; Terriblise; Terriblize; Terriblizing; Terriblising; Awfulising; Awfulizing; Awfulize; Awfulise; Awfulisation; Awfulization
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exaggerate         
v. to exaggerate greatly, grossly
exaggerate         
(exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated)
1.
If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
He thinks I'm exaggerating...
Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job.
VERB: V, V n
exaggeration (exaggerations)
Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration...
It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent.
N-VAR
2.
If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness...
VERB: V n
exaggerate         
[?g'zad??re?t, ?g-]
¦ verb represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
?[as adjective exaggerated] enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions.
Derivatives
exaggeratedly adverb
exaggeration noun
exaggerative adjective
exaggerator noun
Origin
C16: from L. exaggerat-, exaggerare 'heap up'.

Wikipedia

Exaggeration

Exaggeration is the representation of something as more extreme or dramatic than it in fact is. Exaggeration may occur intentionally or unintentionally.

Exaggeration can be a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression.

Amplifying achievements, obstacles and problems to seek attention is an everyday occurrence Inflating the difficulty of achieving a goal after attaining it, can be used to bolster self-esteem.

In the arts, exaggerations are used to create emphasis or effect. As a literary device, exaggerations is often used in poetry, and is frequently encountered in casual speech. Many times the usages of hyperbole describes something as better or worse than it really is. An example of hyperbole is: "The bag weighed a ton." Hyperbole makes the point that the bag was very heavy, though it probably does not weigh a ton.

Exaggerating is also a type of deception, as well as a means of malingering – magnifying small injuries or discomforts as an excuse to avoid responsibilities.

Examples of use of Exaggerate
1. Can we stop trying to exaggerate and exaggerate the sympathetic hurt we feel for the settler families being dislocated, and instead start to – dare I say it? – celebrate?
2. Still, one should not exaggerate the scale of Hamas‘ failure.
3. By turning to your left, you exaggerate this illusion. 12.
4. Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy casualties and underreport their own.
5. "It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of the round.