Definitions for: Exaggeration


[n] the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
[n] making to seem more important than it really is
[n] extravagant exaggeration



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*ag`ger*a"tion, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F.
exag['e]ration.]
1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] ``Exaggeration of
sand.'' --Sir M. Hale.

2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing
in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth
reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation;
hyperbole; overstatement.

No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I.
Taylor.

3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life,
in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Synonyms: hyperbole, magnification, overstatement

Antonyms: understatement

See Also: deceit, deception, figure, figure of speech, image, increase, misrepresentation, step-up, trope

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