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Definitions for: Overstate
[v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
Webster (1913) Definition: O`ver*state", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overstating.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw
Antonyms: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate
See Also: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, misinform, mislead, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
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