exaggerate
Syllables: ex·ag·ger·ate/ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
exaggerate verb: to overstate, to describe more than the fact.
Verb
exaggerate (third-person singular simple present exaggerates, present participle exaggerating, simple past and past participle exaggerated)
- To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
- I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!
- He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.
- Synonyms:
- big up, overexaggerate, overstate, hyperbolize, stretch, overcharge, cut it fat, overdo, overemphasize, play up
- Antonyms:
- belittle, downplay, understate, trivialize
Adjective
exaggerate (comparative more exaggerate, superlative most exaggerate)
- Exaggerative; overblown.
- And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.1901, Valentin Matcas, The Human Addictions
- Water was invading, like some loving arms, some protecting wings, but its love and care were too exaggerate, they were deadly.2005, Daniel Marin, Megator, page 4
exaggerate meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
exaggerate in Tamil
- மிகைப்படக் கூறு, மிகைப்படுத்திக் கூறு
exaggerate in Marathi
- to exaggerate, make a fuss about
- बाऊ करणे bāū karṇe
exaggerate in Urdu
- حاشیہ چڑھانا, مبالغہ کرنا, پل باندھنا
exaggerate in Bengali
- অত্যুক্তি করা, বাড়িয়ে বলা, অতিরঞ্জিত করা, অতিরঞ্জিত, অত্যুক্তিপূর্ণ, বাড়াবাড়ি
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- exaggerate in Telugu
- అతిశయోక్తి చేయడానికి, అతిశయోక్తిగా చెప్పడానికి
- exaggerate in Malayalam
- പൊലിപ്പിക്കുക polippikkuka, പെരുപ്പിക്കുക peruppikkuka
- exaggerate in Kannada
- ಉತ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಿಸು, ಅತಿಶಯಮಾಡು, ತುಂಬ ದೊಡ್ಡದು ಮಾಡು
- exaggerate in Punjabi
- ਅਤਿਕਥਨੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- exaggerate in Gujarati
- અતિશયોક્તિ કરવા માટે, અતિશયોક્તિ કરવા
- exaggerate in Odia
- ଅତିରଞ୍ଜିତ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ଅତିଶଯ଼ୋକ୍ତି କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- exaggerate in Nepali
- थप्नु thapnu
- exaggerate in Tagalog
- magpalaki, palakihin
- exaggerate in Arabic
- بَالَغَ bālaḡa
- exaggerate in Indonesian
- membesar-besarkan, melebih-lebihkan
- exaggerate in Persian
- گزاف گفتن gazâf goftan, اغراق کردن eġrâq kardan
Examples of exaggerate in a sentence
- You will leave [the camp] and when confronted to the smallest inconvenience you will have again these reactions that, for me, are very exaggerate.2012, Joy Damousi, Mariano Ben Plotkin, Psychoanalysis and Politics, page 202:
- From this comparison, it seems that the data in Table 7.7 are reasonable, while Ashbel's values are exaggerate.2012, Yair Goldreich, The Climate of Israel: Observation, Research and Application, page 132:
Synonyms of exaggerate
- big up
- overexaggerate
- overstate
- hyperbolize
- stretch
- overcharge
- overdo
- overemphasize
- play up
- three-sheet
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Antonyms
Forms of exaggerate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | exaggerates |
| present participle | exaggerating |
| past participle | exaggerated |
| past | exaggerated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more exaggerate |
| superlative | most exaggerate |
Origin of exaggerate
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).
Words formed from exaggerate
Questions about exaggerate
- What does exaggerate mean?
- Exaggerate means to overstate, to describe more than the fact.
- What is exaggerate in Tamil?
- Exaggerate in Tamil is மிகைப்படக் கூறு, மிகைப்படுத்திக் கூறு. See Exaggerate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use exaggerate in a sentence?
- You will leave [the camp] and when confronted to the smallest inconvenience you will have again these reactions that, for me, are very exaggerate.
- What part of speech is exaggerate?
- Exaggerate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce exaggerate?
- Exaggerate is pronounced /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of exaggerate?
- The past tense of exaggerate is exaggerated.
Words near exaggerate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exaggerate (page history and authors); exaggerate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बाऊ करणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); exaggerate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exaggerate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exaggerate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പെരുപ്പിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); exaggerate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exaggerate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); थप्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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