exaggeration

exaggeration
n
1. overstatement, Rhet. hyperbole; tall tale, Inf. fish story, old wive's tale, yarn; Sl. hot air, Inf. bull, Inf. bunk, Sl. gas; tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing; caricature, take-off, distortion.
2. embellishment, magnification, enhancement, deepening, heightening; embroidery, fringe; puffery, flattery, Sl. snow job.
3. bombast, grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; bravado, braggadocio, gasconade; braggardism, boasting, rant.
4. intensification, concentration, maximization, overkill; overestimation, overvaluation; inflation, swelling, enlargement, Inf. whopper.

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