OVERSTATE
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overstate (third-person singular simple present overstates, present participle overstating, simple past and past participle overstated)
To exaggerate; to state or claim too much.
Synonyms
• exaggerate
Antonyms
• understate
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*state", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Overstating.]
Definition: To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition