- to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
- to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.
- to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.
- to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true
- to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual
