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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ] 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. [1913 Webster] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ] 1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning. A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
exaggerate v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: understate] 2: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: overdo]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Αγγλικά vb. υπερβάλλωFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Latin vb. (inflection of la exaggerō 2 p pres actv impr)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate a. exaggerative; overblown. vb. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Latin vb. (inflection of la exaggerō 2 p pres actv impr)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Latin vb. (inflection of la exaggerō 2 p pres actv impr)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Englanti vb. liioitellaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
exaggerate Engelska vb. överdrivaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ بالغFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]преувеличавам to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ nafukovat (přehánět)From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ přehánětFrom Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]gorliwio
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]übertreiben "He tends to exaggerate when talking about his work." - Er neigt zu Übertreibungen, wenn er über seine Arbeit spricht. see: exaggerating, exaggerated
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ παραλέω, υπερβάλλωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]liioitella to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. बढ़ा~चढ़ाकर~कहना "He exaggerates the stories to make them interesting for children."
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ pretjerivati, preuveličatiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ túlzásFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]melebih-lebihkan, membesar-besarkan to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ esagerareFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]誇張, 大袈裟 to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]overdrive to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate /ɪgˈzæʤəreɪt/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]1. przesadzać 2. wyolbrzymiać
exaggerate /igzædʒəreit/From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]exagerar
exaggerate /igzædʒəreit/ exagerarFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
exaggerate //ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt// //ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]överdriva, ta i to overstate, to describe more than is fact
exaggerate /ɛɡzˈadʒəɹˌeɪt/ 1. mübalâğa etmek, abartmak, büyütmek, izam etmek. exaggerated mübalâğalı, büyütülmüş, şişirilmiş. exaggeratedly mübalâğalı olarak. exaggeration mübalâğa, abartma, aşırılık, büyütme, izam. exaggerator mübalâğacı, büyüten kimse.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɪɡˈzædʒɝˌeɪt/
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "exaggerate": accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive, deepen, disguise, distort, double, draw the longbow, embellish, enhance, equivocate, exacerbate, exceed, exhaust, falsify, fib, fudge, garble, go beyond, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, hyperbolize, idealize, intensify, jazz up, key up, know no bounds, lay it on, lie, lie flatly, magnify, make complex, make much of, miscolor, mislead, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overact, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcarry, overcharge, overcount, overdevelop, overdo, overdraw, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overgo, overindulge, overjump, overlabor, overleap, overmeasure, overpaint, overpass, overplay, overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact, overreact to, overreckon, overrun, oversell, overshoot, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstep, overstrain, overstress, overstride, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pad, parody, pass all bounds, pervert, pile it on, prevaricate, protest too much, puff, ramify, redouble, reinforce, romance, romanticize, sharpen, slant, soup up, speak falsely, step up, story, strengthen, stretch, stretch the truth, superabound, talk big, talk in superlatives, tell a lie, tout, travesty, triple, twist, understate, warp, whet, wrenchFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 夸大,夸张;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 夸张,夸大 vi. 夸张,夸大