exaggerate
Translation
to overstate, to embellish, to magnify
Examples
He tends to exaggerate his stories.
He tends to exaggerate his stories.
Don't exaggerate the problem.
Don't exaggerate the problem.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to represent (sth.) as being larger or more important than it really is He tends to exaggerate his achievements.
Similar Words
Synonyms: overstate, embellish; Antonyms: understate, minimize
Etymology
From Latin 'exaggerare', meaning 'to heap up', from 'ex-' (out, thoroughly) + 'agger' (a heap). The original sense is to pile something up.
Memory Tips
Imagine someone adding extra 'eggs' to a story to make it bigger, like 'egg-saggerate'.