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| has gloss | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, amplify, overdraw, magnify |
| lexicalization | eng: amplify |
| lexicalization | eng: exaggerate |
| lexicalization | eng: hyperbolise |
| lexicalization | eng: hyperbolize |
| lexicalization | eng: magnify |
| lexicalization | eng: overdraw |
| lexicalization | eng: overstate |
| subclass of | (verb) give false or misleading information to misinform, mislead |
| has subclass | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book" overemphasize, overstress, overemphasise |
| has subclass | (verb) show off gasconade, vaunt, boast, swash, shoot a line, tout, bluster, gas, blow, brag |
| has subclass | (verb) add details to aggrandize, embellish, blow up, lard, dramatise, dramatize, aggrandise, embroider, pad |
| Meaning | |
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| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: exagerar |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: zvětšit |
| lexicalization | ces: přehánět |
| lexicalization | ces: zveličovat |
| lexicalization | ces: zvýšit |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: zēng da |
| lexicalization | cmn: 增大 |
| lexicalization | cmn: duō bao |
| lexicalization | cmn: 多報 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 多报 |
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| lexicalization | cmn: dà yan |
| lexicalization | cmn: 大言 |
| lexicalization | cmn: kua |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夸 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 誇 |
| lexicalization | cmn: kuā da |
| lexicalization | cmn: kuā dà qí ci |
| lexicalization | cmn: wei |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夸大其词 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夸大 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 誇大其詞 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 誇大 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 躗 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 躛 |
| lexicalization | cmn: xuàn ran |
| lexicalization | cmn: 渲染 |
| lexicalization | cmn: yán guò qí shi |
| lexicalization | cmn: 言过其实 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 言過其實 |
| lexicalization | cmn: kuā zhang |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夸张 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 誇張 |
| lexicalization | cmn: kuò dà hua |
| lexicalization | cmn: 扩大化 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 擴大化 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 讆 |
| lexicalization | cmn: dà zuo |
| lexicalization | cmn: 大作 |
| lexicalization | cmn: fú kua |
| lexicalization | cmn: 浮夸 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 浮誇 |
| lexicalization | cmn: tū xian |
| lexicalization | cmn: 凸显 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 凸顯 |
| lexicalization | cmn: tang |
| lexicalization | cmn: 唐 |
| Welsh | |
| lexicalization | cym: gorliwio |
| lexicalization | cym: gor-ddweud |
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: overdrive |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: hochstapeln |
| lexicalization | deu: vergrößern |
| lexicalization | deu: übertreiben |
| lexicalization | deu: vermehren |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| lexicalization | ell: μεγαλοποιώ |
| lexicalization | ell: υπερβάλλω |
| lexicalization | ell: παρακάνω |
| lexicalization | ell: παραφουσκώνω |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: troigi |
| lexicalization | epo: pligrandigi |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: liioitella |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: amplifier |
| lexicalization | fra: exagérer |
| lexicalization | fra: augmenter |
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| lexicalization | fra: outrer |
| lexicalization | fra: charger la barque |
| Gaelic | |
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| lexicalization | gla: cuir am meud |
| Galician | |
| lexicalization | glg: esaxerar |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
| lexicalization | hbs: pretjerivati |
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| lexicalization | hbs: pretjerati |
| Hebrew | |
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| lexicalization | heb: הגזים |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: felnagyít |
| lexicalization | hun: eltúloz |
| lexicalization | hun: kinagyít |
| Armenian | |
| lexicalization | hye: չափազանցնել |
| lexicalization | hye: մեծացնել |
| Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) | |
| lexicalization | ina: exaggerar |
| Icelandic | |
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| lexicalization | isl: yfirdrífa |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: esagerare |
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| lexicalization | ita: magnificare |
| Japanese | |
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| lexicalization | jpn: 誇張する |
| lexicalization | jpn: 誇張 |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 과장하다 |
| lexicalization | kor: 확대하다 |
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| lexicalization | kor: 허풍을 떨다 |
| lexicalization | kor: 과대시하다 |
| lexicalization | kor: 과장법을 쓰다 |
| Latin | |
| lexicalization | lat: amplifico |
| Macedonian | |
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| lexicalization | mkd: увеличува |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: overdrijven |
| lexicalization | nld: opschroeven |
| lexicalization | nld: opblazen |
| lexicalization | nld: aandikken |
| lexicalization | nld: opkloppen |
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| lexicalization | nld: chargeren |
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
| lexicalization | nob: overdrive |
| Norwegian | |
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| lexicalization | nor: overdrive |
| Occitan (post 1500) | |
| lexicalization | oci: exagerar |
| Polish | |
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| lexicalization | pol: przesadzać |
| lexicalization | pol: wyolbrzymiać |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: exagerar |
| lexicalization | por: aumentar |
| Moldavian | |
| lexicalization | ron: exagera |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: преувеличивать |
| lexicalization | rus: преувеличить |
| lexicalization | rus: завышать |
| lexicalization | rus: усугублять |
| lexicalization | rus: увеличивать |
| lexicalization | rus: приумножать |
| lexicalization | rus: приумножить |
| lexicalization | rus: усугубить |
| lexicalization | rus: излишествовать |
| lexicalization | rus: утрировать |
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| lexicalization | rus: перебарщивать |
| lexicalization | rus: переборщить |
| lexicalization | rus: вздуть |
| lexicalization | rus: вспучивать |
| lexicalization | rus: вспучить |
| lexicalization | rus: перехватывать |
| lexicalization | rus: запрудить |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: zvýšiť |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: exagerar |
| lexicalization | spa: amplificar |
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| lexicalization | spa: magnificar |
| Albanian | |
| Show unreliable ▼ | |
| lexicalization | sqi: teproj |
| lexicalization | sqi: zmadhoj |
| Swedish | |
| lexicalization | swe: överdriva |
| lexicalization | swe: förstora |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: büyütmek |
| lexicalization | tur: abartmak |
| lexicalization | tur: þiþirmek |
| lexicalization | tur: artýrmak |
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| lexicalization | tur: abartýlý konuþmak |
| lexicalization | tur: ileri gitmek |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: перебільште |
| lexicalization | ukr: перебільшувати |
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| lexicalization | ukr: перебільшити |
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| opposite | (verb) represent as less significant or important minimise, downplay, minimize, understate |
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