overexaggeration
noun[CorU]
(alsoover-exaggeration)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪɡ.zædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪɡ.zædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/astatementthatsuggestssomething is a lotlarger, moreimportant,better, orworsethan it really is:
It's not an over-exaggeration to say that they are on thepovertyline.
Heraccountof theeventwas taken veryseriously, as she is notknownfor overexaggeration.
Synonym
exaggeration
- They say it's amassiveover-exaggeration to say thathospitalsarestrugglingtocopewith thenumberofcasesof thedisease.
- He is not usuallyproneto over-exaggeration, but heclaimedit was the mostdeliciousmealhe hadevereaten.
- That's ahugeover-exaggeration!
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom