EXAGGERATE

Definition:

1. [verb] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
   Synonyms: overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
   
   
2. [verb] do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
   Synonyms: overdo
   
   

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• overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
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• embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
• overpraise
• oversimplify
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