overexaggerate
verb[IorT]
(alsoover-exaggerate)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪt/to make somethingseema lotlarger, moreimportant,better, orworsethan it really is:
I'd say that shetendsto overexaggerateratherthan that shelies.
You can't over-exaggerate thesignificanceof theelectionresult.
Synonym
exaggerate
- It isimpossibleto overexaggerate howimportantnext week'sgameis.
- Wesimplywanttoincreaseawareness, not over-exaggerate therisksinvolved.
- I don'twishto over-exaggerate theproblemscausedby hisdeparture.
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom