Associations to the word «Exaggerate»

Wiktionary

EXAGGERATE, verb. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

Dictionary definition

EXAGGERATE, verb. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery".
EXAGGERATE, verb. Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn