Exaggeration

Exaggeration
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Exaggeration->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ exaggeration
exaggeration
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ expansion
expansion
&c. 194
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ hyperbole
hyperbole
stretch
strain
coloring
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ high coloring
high coloring
caricature
caricatura
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ extravagance
extravagance
&c.(nonsense) 497
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ Baron Munchausen
Baron Munchausen
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ men in buckram
men in buckram
yarn
fringe
embroidery
traveler's tale
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fish story
fish story
gooseberry
???>*
storm in a teacup
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ much ado about nothing
much ado about nothing
&c.(overestimation) 482
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ puff
puff
puffery
&c.(boasting) 884
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ rant
rant
&c.(turgescence) 577
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ figure of speech
figure of speech
facon de parler
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ stretch of fancy
stretch of fancy
stretch of the imagination
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ flight of fancy
flight of fancy
&c.(imagination) 515
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ false coloring
false coloring
&c.(falsehood) 544
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ aggravation
aggravation
&c. 835
PARAG:Exaggeration->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ exaggerate
exaggerate
magnify
pile up
aggravate
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ amplify
amplify
&c.(expand) 194
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ overestimate
overestimate
&c. 482
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ hyperbolize
hyperbolize
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ overcharge
overcharge
overstate
overdraw
overlay
overshoot the mark
overpraise
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ make over much
make over much
over the most of
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ strain
strain
strain over a point
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ stretch
stretch
stretch a point
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ go great lengths
go great lengths
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ spin a long yarn
spin a long yarn
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ draw with a longbow
draw with a longbow
shoot with a longbow
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ deal in the marvelous
deal in the marvelous
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ out-Herod Herod
out-Herod Herod
run riot
talk at random
GRP: \\ V \\ 3
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ heighten
heighten
overcolor
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ color highly
color highly
color too highly
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ broder
broder
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ flourish
flourish
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ color
color
&c.(misrepresent) 544
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ puff
puff
&c.(boast) 884
PARAG:Exaggeration->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ exaggerated
exaggerated
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ overwrought
overwrought
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ bombastic
bombastic
&c.(grandiloquent) 577
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ hyperbolical
hyperbolical
on stilts
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ fabulous
fabulous
extravagant
preposterous
egregious
outre
highflying
PARAG:Exaggeration->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ hyperbolically
hyperbolically
&c.->Adj.

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