Definition of exageration
1. exaggeration [ n ] the act of making something more noticeable than usual
Examples:
"the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
2. exaggeration [ n ] extravagant exaggeration
Used in print:(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)
As a consequence of the tensions thus produced in his thoughts and feelings , he wrote on_the_one_hand sketches of idealized hunting trips and on_the_other an anecdote of the village of Hardscrabble , Arkansas , where no one had ever seen a piano ; and he wrote also the masterpiece of frontier humor , `` The_Big_Bear_of_Arkansas '' , in which earthy realism is placed alongside the exaggeration of the backwoods tall-tale and the awe with which man contemplates the grandeur and the mysteries of nature .
Synonyms exaggeration hyperbole Related Terms trope overstate3. exaggeration [ n ] making to seem more important than it really is
Synonyms overstatement magnification exaggeration Related Terms understatement misrepresentation overstateSimilar Spelling
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