Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A heaping together; accumulation; a pile or heap.
- n. An undue or excessive enlargement or development.
- n. Amplification; unreasonable or extravagant overstating or overdrawing in the representation of things; hyperbolical representation.
- n. In the fine arts, a representation of things in which their natural features are emphasized or magnified.
- n. In zoology, amplification or intensification; emphasis or conspicuousness, as of any characteristics: as, this form is but an exaggeration of the other. Synonyms Exaggeration, Hyperbole. Strictly, exaggeration is always greater than truth or good taste would allow, while as a figure hyperbole is an overstatement not likely to mislead, and sanctioned by good taste, rising above the truth only as a means of lifting the sluggish mind of the hearer to the level of the truth. Hyperbole is occasionally used of overstatement that is mere exaggeration, or otherwise against good taste.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of heaping or piling up.
- 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.
- n. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete The act of heaping or piling up.
- 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.
- n. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
WordNet 3.0
- n. making to seem more important than it really is
- n. the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- n. extravagant exaggeration
Etymologies
- From Latin exaggeratio (Wiktionary)
Examples
““You can always do something in exaggeration,” he said.”
“Of course, there's certain exaggeration in this, but what does that mean to the current American team?”
“Although probably he doesn't: humorous exaggeration is part of Steyn's shtick.”
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“The only exaggeration is the amount of worth Google saw in Youtube.”
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“Alternately, maybe the manga audience will be more receptive to the “exaggeration is funny” approach.”
“The exaggeration is sometimes working at cross purposes to the shojo/josei genre.”
“The scale of the exaggeration is not a factor as long as the contrast against reality is apparent.”
“But maybe a little exaggeration is expected on a resume.”
“While all of this exaggeration is going on health care costs are rising, except for Congress of course.”
“Too much exaggeration is a commonplace in the allergy world, just as too much derision is an everyday scourge that needs to be fought.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘exaggeration’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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This is not a list
you know that thing where the Eskimos have 50 words for snow?
little white lie, big lie, the Big Lie, economical with t..., muddy the waters, fabrication, deception, lies, damned lies..., façade, slander, omission, web of lies and 165 more...
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five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 998 more...
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Idk, I like these words.
ethereality, apathy, consideration, soul, safety, lone wolf, darkness, pressure, ocean, few, collapse, believe and 155 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Words I Never Spell Correctly
mississippi, ecstasy, calendar, embarrassment, ugly, exaggeration, dreech
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