exaggeration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exaggeration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exaggeration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exaggeration n extravagant exaggeration Synonym(s): hyperbole, exaggeration the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" making to seem more important than it really is Synonym(s): exaggeration, overstatement, magnification Antonym(s): understatement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exaggeration \Exag`gera"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag[82]ration.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] [bd]Exaggeration of sand.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. 2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I. Taylor. 3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.