exaggerate 音标拼音: [ɪgz'ædʒɚ
, et]
vt . 夸张,夸大
vi . 夸张,夸大
夸张,夸大夸张,夸大
exaggerate v 1 :
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; "
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `
gracious Old South '
imagery " [
synonym : {
overstate }, {
exaggerate }, {
overdraw },
{
hyperbolize }, {
hyperbolise }, {
magnify }, {
amplify }] [
ant :
{
downplay }, {
minimise }, {
minimize }, {
understate }]
2 :
do something to an excessive degree ; "
He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups " [
synonym : {
overdo }, {
exaggerate }]
Exaggerate \
Ex *
ag "
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ate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Exaggerated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Exaggerating } . ] [
L .
exaggeratus ,
p .
p .
of exaggerare to heap up ;
ex out aggerare to heap up ,
fr .
agger heap ,
aggerere to bring to ;
ad to gerere to bear .
See {
Jest }. ]
1 .
To heap up ;
to accumulate . [
Obs .] "
Earth exaggerated upon them [
oaks and firs ]." --
Sir M .
Hale .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To amplify ;
to magnify ;
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ;
to delineate extravagantly ;
to overstate the truth concerning .
[
1913 Webster ]
A friend exaggerates a man '
s virtues . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
exaggerate ":
accelerate ,
aggrandize ,
aggravate ,
amplify ,
ballyhoo ,
be untruthful ,
beef up ,
belie ,
blow up ,
build up ,
burlesque ,
camouflage ,
caricature ,
carry too far ,
color ,
complicate ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
deceive ,
deepen ,
disguise ,
distort ,
double ,
draw the longbow ,
embellish ,
enhance ,
equivocate ,
exacerbate ,
exceed ,
exhaust ,
falsify ,
fib ,
fudge ,
garble ,
go beyond ,
go overboard ,
go to extremes ,
go too far ,
heat up ,
heighten ,
hop up ,
hot up ,
hyperbolize ,
idealize ,
intensify ,
jazz up ,
key up ,
know no bounds ,
lay it on ,
lie ,
lie flatly ,
magnify ,
make complex ,
make much of ,
miscolor ,
mislead ,
misquote ,
misreport ,
misrepresent ,
misstate ,
misteach ,
overact ,
overappraise ,
overassess ,
overcalculate ,
overcarry ,
overcharge ,
overcount ,
overdevelop ,
overdo ,
overdraw ,
overdrive ,
overelaborate ,
overemphasize ,
overesteem ,
overestimate ,
overexercise ,
overexert ,
overexpend ,
overgo ,
overindulge ,
overjump ,
overlabor ,
overleap ,
overmeasure ,
overpaint ,
overpass ,
overplay ,
overpraise ,
overprize ,
overrate ,
overreach ,
overreact ,
overreact to ,
overreckon ,
overrun ,
oversell ,
overshoot ,
overshoot the field ,
overshoot the mark ,
overspeak ,
overspend ,
overstate ,
overstep ,
overstrain ,
overstress ,
overstride ,
overstudy ,
overtask ,
overtax ,
overtrain ,
overuse ,
overvalue ,
overwork ,
pad ,
parody ,
pass all bounds ,
pervert ,
pile it on ,
prevaricate ,
protest too much ,
puff ,
ramify ,
redouble ,
reinforce ,
romance ,
romanticize ,
sharpen ,
slant ,
soup up ,
speak falsely ,
step up ,
story ,
strengthen ,
stretch ,
stretch the truth ,
superabound ,
talk big ,
talk in superlatives ,
tell a lie ,
tout ,
travesty ,
triple ,
twist ,
understate ,
warp ,
whet ,
wrench
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