Exaggeration
Nouns
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exaggeration
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expansion etc. Expansion
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hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring
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high coloring, caricature, caricatura
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extravagance etc. (nonsense) Absurdity
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Baron Munchausen
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men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale
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fish story, gooseberry [Slang]. storm in a teacup
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much ado about nothing etc. (overestimation) Overestimation
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puff, puffery etc. (boasting) Boasting
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rant etc. (turgescence) Ornament. figure of speech
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stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination
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flight of fancy etc. (imagination) Imagination. false coloring etc. (falsehood) Falsehood
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aggravation etc. Aggravation.
Verbs
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exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate
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amplify etc. (expand) Expansion
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overestimate etc. Overestimation
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hyperbolize
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overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise
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make over much, over the most of
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strain, strain over a point
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stretch, stretch a point
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go great lengths
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spin a long yarn
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draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow
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deal in the marvelous. out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random. heighten, overcolor
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color highly, color too highly
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broder
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flourish
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color etc. (misrepresent) Falsehood
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puff etc. (boast) Boasting.
Adjectives
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exaggerated etc. v.
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overwrought
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bombastic etc. (grandiloquent) Ornament
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hyperbolical, on stilts
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fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, highflying.
Adverbs
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hyperbolically etc. adj..