Exaggeration: alternatives and connections

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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The act of deceiving or misleading.

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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the orig…

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Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.

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To heap up; to accumulate.

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To heap up; to accumulate.

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Alt. of Hyperbolical

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Alt. of Hyperbolical

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To speak or write with exaggeration.

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To speak or write with exaggeration.

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To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

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To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

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A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as m…

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The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

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An exaggerated statement or account.

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