HyperDic: overstatement

English > 1 sense of the word overstatement:
NOUNcommunicationoverstatement, exaggeration, magnificationmaking to seem more important than it really is
overstatement > pronunciation
Soundsow'verstey.tmahnt
Rhymesabandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...
English > overstatement: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningmaking to seem more important than it really is.
Synonymsexaggeration, magnification
Broadermisrepresentation, deceit, deceptionA misleading falsehood
OppositeunderstatementA statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
Spanishexageración, hipérbole
Catalanexageració
Verbsoverstateto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

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