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Detailed Synonyms for exaggerate in English

exaggerate:

to exaggerate verbe (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)

  1. to exaggerate
    to exaggerate; blow out of proportions; to blow up; to overdo
  2. to exaggerate
    to exaggerate; to blow up; to overdo; to heighten
    • exaggerate verbe (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
    • blow up verbe (blows up, blowing up)
    • overdo verbe (overdoes, overdid, overdoing)
    • heighten verbe (heightens, heightened, heightening)
  3. to exaggerate
    to exaggerate; to expand
    • exaggerate verbe (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
    • expand verbe (expands, expanded, expanding)
  4. to exaggerate
    – to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 1
    to exaggerate; to amplify; to overstate; overdraw; magnify; hyperbolise; hyperbolize
    – to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 1
  5. to exaggerate
    – do something to an excessive degree 1
    to exaggerate; to overdo
    – do something to an excessive degree 1
    • exaggerate verbe (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
    • overdo verbe (overdoes, overdid, overdoing)
      • He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups1

Conjugations for exaggerate:

present
  1. exaggerate
  2. exaggerate
  3. exaggerates
  4. exaggerate
  5. exaggerate
  6. exaggerate
simple past
  1. exaggerated
  2. exaggerated
  3. exaggerated
  4. exaggerated
  5. exaggerated
  6. exaggerated
present perfect
  1. have exaggerated
  2. have exaggerated
  3. has exaggerated
  4. have exaggerated
  5. have exaggerated
  6. have exaggerated
past continuous
  1. was exaggerating
  2. were exaggerating
  3. was exaggerating
  4. were exaggerating
  5. were exaggerating
  6. were exaggerating
future
  1. shall exaggerate
  2. will exaggerate
  3. will exaggerate
  4. shall exaggerate
  5. will exaggerate
  6. will exaggerate
continuous present
  1. am exaggerating
  2. are exaggerating
  3. is exaggerating
  4. are exaggerating
  5. are exaggerating
  6. are exaggerating
subjunctive
  1. be exaggerated
  2. be exaggerated
  3. be exaggerated
  4. be exaggerated
  5. be exaggerated
  6. be exaggerated
diverse
  1. exaggerate!
  2. let's exaggerate!
  3. exaggerated
  4. exaggerating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

exaggerate

  1. exaggerate

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Related Definitions for "exaggerate":

  1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth1
    • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery1
  2. do something to an excessive degree1