verb
- to exaggerate something to an excessive degree; to make something seem much larger, more important, or more extreme than it actually is
Usage: present participle of overexaggerate; informal
Examples
- She’s overexaggerating the difficulty of the test to get sympathy.
- Stop overexaggerating – it wasn’t that bad.
- The news report was overexaggerating the severity of the storm.
- He has a habit of overexaggerating his accomplishments.
- I think you’re overexaggerating how much time this will take.
- The movie was overexaggerating the historical events for dramatic effect.