verb
- making something seem larger, more important, or more extreme than it really is
Usage: present participle of exaggerate
Examples
- She was exaggerating when she said the fish was three feet long.
- Stop exaggerating – the wait wasn’t that terrible.
- He has a habit of exaggerating his accomplishments.
- The news report was exaggerating the severity of the storm.
- I think you’re exaggerating how difficult the test will be.
- The advertisement was clearly exaggerating the product’s benefits.