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Verb
S:
(v)
magnify
,
amplify
(increase in size, volume or significance)
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"
S:
(v)
overstate
,
exaggerate
,
overdraw
,
hyperbolize
,
hyperbolise
,
magnify
,
amplify
(to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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W:
(n)
overstatement
[Related to:
overstate
] (making to seem more important than it really is)
W:
(n)
exaggeration
[Related to:
exaggerate
] (extravagant exaggeration)
W:
(n)
exaggeration
[Related to:
exaggerate
] (making to seem more important than it really is)
W:
(n)
exaggeration
[Related to:
exaggerate
] (the act of making something more noticeable than usual)
"the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
W:
(n)
hyperbole
[Related to:
hyperbolize
] (extravagant exaggeration)
W:
(n)
magnification
[Related to:
magnify
] (making to seem more important than it really is)
sentence frame
S:
(v)
blow up
,
enlarge
,
magnify
(make large)
"blow up an image"