| NOUN | communication | exaggeration, hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
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| act | exaggeration | the act of making something more noticeable / noticeable / noticeable than usual / usual | |
| communication | exaggeration, overstatement, magnification | making to seem more important than it really is |
| Sounds | ihgzae.jherey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | extravagant exaggeration. | |
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| Synonym | hyperbole | |
| Broader | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Spanish | exageración, hipérbole | |
| Catalan | exageració, hipèrbole | |
| Verbs | exaggerate | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Meaning | The act of making something more noticeable / noticeable / noticeable than usual / usual. | |
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| Example | "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" | |
| Broader | increase, step-up | The act of increasing / increasing something |
| Spanish | exageración, hipérbole | |
| Catalan | exageració | |
| Verbs | exaggerate | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| exaggerate | do something to an excessive degree | |
| Meaning | making to seem more important than it really is. | |
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| Synonyms | overstatement, magnification | |
| Broader | misrepresentation, deceit, deception | A misleading falsehood |
| Opposite | understatement | A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
| Spanish | exageración, hipérbole | |
| Catalan | exageració | |
| Verbs | exaggerate | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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