Thesaurus: exaggeration

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1. n. The act of heaping or piling up.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
4. n. extravagant exaggeration
5. n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual
6. n. making to seem more important than it really is
7. 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.
8. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression,beauty, power, vigor.
9. n:100 n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual n. making to seem more important than it really is