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



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