Exaggerating synonyms and antonyms
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To do too much; go to extremes:
To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
To give an extravagant or magnified account of (facts, truth, etc.); exaggerate
To add embellishments or fanciful details.
To decorate or improve by adding detail; ornament; adorn
To reach or stretch beyond or above; extend beyond
To judge too highly
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To exist; reside:
romanticizing
To think in a romantic way.
To place too much emphasis on or employ too much emphasis.
Expand is defined as to increase in size, unfold or spread out.
minimizing (antonym)
Minimize is defined as to reduce, decrease or lessen to the smallest possible amount.
understating (antonym)
increasing (related)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
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To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate:
To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
To charge too high a price (to)
To increase or raise beyond what is normal or valid
depreciating (antonym)
To reduce in value or price
Fabricate is defined as to invent something that isn’t real.
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To improve electronically the quality or clarity of (a photograph or other image) as by means of a computer
To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration:
To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.
To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
To incorrectly record a quote.
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To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
To have a love affair with.
Elaborate is defined as to add details to something.
To expand in order to fulfill a larger function:
To increase the contrast of (a photographic image).
To tell falsehoods; lie
To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
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reducing (antonym)
To reduce is to make something smaller or to become or feel smaller, or forcing someone into a less desirable position.
Find another word for exaggerating. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for exaggerating, like: overdoing, magnifying, overstating, embroidering, embellishing, overreaching, overestimating, lying, romanticizing, overemphasizing and expanding.
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