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overexaggerate

overexaggerate verb: to exaggerate, to overstate excessively.

Verb

overexaggerate (third-person singular simple present overexaggerates, present participle overexaggerating, simple past and past participle overexaggerated)

  1. To exaggerate, to overstate excessively.
    • "That math test was so hard, nobody could have passed it! Albert Einstein couldn't have done it! Our professor probably had no idea how to solve those equations! I mean-"
    • I get it, OK? Quit overexaggerating!

Forms of overexaggerate

third-person singular presentoverexaggerates
present participleoverexaggerating
past participleoverexaggerated
pastoverexaggerated

Origin of overexaggerate

From over- + exaggerate, perhaps specifically influenced by overstate and/or overdo.

Questions about overexaggerate

What does overexaggerate mean?
Overexaggerate means to exaggerate, to overstate excessively.
What part of speech is overexaggerate?
Overexaggerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overexaggerate?
The past tense of overexaggerate is overexaggerated.

Words near overexaggerate in the dictionary

  1. overevaluating
  2. overevaluation
  3. overevaluations
  4. overexact
  5. overexactness
  6. overexaggerate
  7. overexaggerated
  8. overexaggerates
  9. overexaggerating
  10. overexaggeration
  11. overexaggerations

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