exaggerate

🇺🇸 /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
verb
C1

to make something seem bigger or more important than it really is

She tends to exaggerate how difficult her job is.

translation

v. to make something seem bigger or more important than it really is

Word Forms

3rd Present exaggerates
Past exaggerated
Perfect exaggerated
Progressive exaggerating