exaggeration

1. n. The act of heaping or piling up. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. Source: opted

4. n. extravagant exaggeration Source: wordnet

5. n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual Source: wordnet

6. n. making to seem more important than it really is Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression,beauty, power, vigor. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual n. making to seem more important than it really is Source: ecdict

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