exaggerate
verb
- make seem bigger
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/ / /ɛk(s)ˈzæ(ɡ)d͡ʒɜː(ɹ).ɹeɪt/ / /ɪɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).
- Exaggerative; overblown.
“And in general, if it is a natural feeling, let it be, but at normal, living levels, not too exaggerate.”
“Water was invading, like some loving arms, some protecting wings, but its love and care were too exaggerate, they were deadly.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).
- To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
“I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!”
“He said he’d slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he’s exaggerating. The real number is about ten.”