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• n  extravagant exaggeration
• n  the act of making something more noticeable than usual
  the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
• n  making to seem more important than it really is

• It's no exaggeration to say that Nhat Hanh helped force Washington's eventual withdrawal from Vietnam.
• It is hardly an exaggeration to say that when Harvey died at 90, on Saturday, at his winter home in Phoenix, he took the whole history of radio with him.
• No one really understood what Einstein was talking about which is only a slight exaggeration even today but it sure sounded great.

• hyperbole
• overstatement
• magnification

• understatement

News & Articles

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• Cyrus Kouandjio 2014 NFL Draft preseason scouting report
  Cyrus Kouandjio | 6'5, 312 pounds | Offensive tackle | Alabama | Junior It's been said that the 2012 version of Alabama's offensive line may have been better than some NFL lines. While that's a gross exaggeration, the Crimson Tide dominated the trenches last season. That makes it all the more impressive that Cyrus Kouandjio was trusted as the team's left tackle despite being just a sophomore ...
  June 21, 2013 - SB Nation
• No increased threat to Amarnath yatra this year: Omar
  SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said there was no increased threat perception to this year’s Amarnath yatra compared to previous years and fears of attack as reported in the media were “gross exaggeration”.
  June 21, 2013 - INDOlink
• CLO brings ‘other’ Phantom to town
  By Eric Slagle, McKeesport Daily News It’s no exaggeration to say the “Phantom of the Opera” has had its share of success on stages around the world. Countless T-shirts, coffee mugs ...
  June 19, 2013 - The Mckeesport Daily News

Quotes

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• James Woolsey in The Associated Press
  It is not an exaggeration to say that such an action would set us back years in the war on terrorism,Woolsey wrote in a letter released by Yousef's attorney. "Mosab's deportation would be such an inhumane act it would constitute a blight...
• Bruce Springsteen in Belfast Telegraph
  Implicitly attacking Mrs Clinton, Springsteen writes that "at the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships ...... While these matters are worthy of some...
• Pope Benedict XVI in Malaysia Star
  It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of the Second World War could have been very different. The debt of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so... Gordon Brown http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE-PFSKfa_9Cue9zTZuv_tG4sb9AQ AFP http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9NiRrGP4uPO13lvk4BPzQi_QQmw&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFdP_0V4vcVonljIENCceD7iHajog Sep 11, 2009 34775 44499 exalt Any trend to produce programs and products - including animated films and video games - which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray anti-social behavior or the trivialization of human sexuality is a perversion, all the more...