exaggeration
Syllables: ex·ag·ger·a·tion/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
exaggeration noun: the act of heaping or piling up.
Noun
exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)
- The act of heaping or piling up.
- The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
- They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.
- A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
exaggeration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
exaggeration in Hindi
- act of exaggerating
- अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti
exaggeration in Tamil
- மிகைப்படுத்தல், மிகை, அதீதம், மிகுவுரை
exaggeration in Marathi
- exaggeration, hyperbole
- अतिशयोक्ती atiśyoktī
exaggeration in Urdu
- بناوٹ, مبالغہ
More languagesFewer languages
- exaggeration in Bengali
- অতিরঞ্জন otironjon
- exaggeration in Telugu
- అతిశయోక్తి atiśayōkti
- exaggeration in Malayalam
- അതിശോക്തി atiśōkti
- exaggeration in Punjabi
- ਮੁਬਾਲਗਾ mubālgā
- exaggeration in Gujarati
- અતિશયોક્તિ atiśyokti
- exaggeration in Odia
- ଅତିଶଯ଼ୋକ୍ତି, ଅତିରଞ୍ଜିତୋକ୍ତି
- exaggeration in Sanskrit
- उदाहरण udāharaṇa
- exaggeration in Nepali
- अतिशयोक्ति
- exaggeration in Arabic
- مُبَالَغَة mubālaḡa
- exaggeration in Persian
- غلو ġolov, گترم gotrom
Examples of exaggeration in a sentence
- He's prone to exaggeration, so don't take what he says literally.
- The child has a proclivity for exaggeration.
- Many Eastern countries experience auto-Orientalism, by which their people participate in existing Western exaggerations and fantasies concerning their culture and customs.
Synonyms of exaggeration
Antonyms
Forms of exaggeration
| plural | exaggerations |
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Origin of exaggeration
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.
Words formed from exaggeration
Words that rhyme with exaggeration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about exaggeration
- What does exaggeration mean?
- Exaggeration means the act of heaping or piling up.
- What is exaggeration in Hindi?
- Exaggeration in Hindi is अतिशयोक्ति (atiśyokti). See Exaggeration meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exaggeration?
- Exaggeration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exaggeration?
- Exaggeration is pronounced /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of exaggeration?
- The plural of exaggeration is exaggerations.
Words near exaggeration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exaggeration (page history and authors); exaggeration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अतिशयोक्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); exaggeration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അതിശോക്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਮੁਬਾਲਗਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); exaggeration (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उदाहरण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); exaggeration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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