exaggeration
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- extravagant exaggerationSynonyms: hyperbole
- the act of making something more noticeable than usual“the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness”
- making to seem more important than it really isSynonyms: overstatementmagnification
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag['e]ration.]
1.The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
No need of an exaggeration of what they saw.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
3.(Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. [1913 Webster]