exaggerate

• exaggerate

exaggerate

Verb

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

Synonyms:

• overstate
• exaggerate
• overdraw
• hyperbolize
• hyperbolise
• magnify
• amplify

Verb

do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

Synonyms:

• overdo
• exaggerate