00839834-v 'to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth'; V2; 
 
Chinese (simplified) 夸大 , 夸张 , 扩大
English exaggerate 14 ( ) , magnify 1 ( ) , amplify , overstate ( ) , overdraw , hyperbolize ( ) , hyperbolise , overexaggerate
Indonesian melebih-lebihkan , memperbanyakkan , membesar-besarkan , memperbedakan , menambahkan
Japanese 誇張 , 誇張+する , 言い過ぎる , 言いすぎる , 言過ぎる
Definitions
English
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
Japanese
限界または真実を越えて拡大する
この「優雅な古き南部」のイメージを、美化して誇張する傾向があった
Relations
Hyponym: boast embroider overemphasize
Hypernym: misinform
Antonym: understate
Semantic Field: communicationv
Verb Frames
Somebody ----s something;  
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SUMO: ⊂ Pretending

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.266; Future: 0.001)

SentiWN: (+0.62 -0.00) MLSentiCon: (+0.25 -0.25)


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