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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

r selling (the thing specified)

plural -eries

Definition

qualities collectively character -ness //snobbery
art practice //quackery //trickery
place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) //fishery //bakery //eatery
collection aggregate //finery //greenery
state or condition //slavery

History and Etymology

Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

exaggerate

verb

ex·ag·ger·ate

ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrāt

exaggerated; exaggerating

Definition

transitive verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth overstate //A friend exaggerates a man's virtues … — Joseph Addison
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal overemphasize
intransitive verb
to make an overstatement

Other Words

exaggerative ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tiv -ˈzaj-rə-tiv -ˈza-jə-rə-tiv adjective
exaggerator ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tər noun
exaggeratory ig-ˈzaj-rə-ˌtȯr-ē -ˈza-jə- adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

color elaborate (on) embellish embroider hyperbolize magnify pad stretch

Examples

//The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
//It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
//He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
//He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, past participle of exaggerāre "to heap up, construct by piling up, increase in significance," from ex- ex- entry 1 + aggerāre "to heap up over, form into a heap," verbal derivative of agger "rubble, earthwork, rampart, dam," noun derivative of aggerere "to bring, carry (to or up), push close up (against)," from ag- ag- + gerere "to carry, bring" — more at jest entry 1

exaggerate

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

to add to the interest of by including made-up details //the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
Synonyms

color plural -eries

Definition
- qualities collectively character -ness //snobbery
- art practice //quackery //trickery
- place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) //fishery //bakery //eatery
- collection aggregate //finery //greenery
- state or condition //slavery
History and Etymology
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

exaggerate

verb

ex·ag·ger·ate

ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrāt

exaggerated; exaggerating

Definition

transitive verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth overstate //A friend exaggerates a man's virtues … — Joseph Addison
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal overemphasize
intransitive verb
to make an overstatement

Other Words

exaggerative ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tiv -ˈzaj-rə-tiv -ˈza-jə-rə-tiv adjective
exaggerator ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tər noun
exaggeratory ig-ˈzaj-rə-ˌtȯr-ē -ˈza-jə- adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

color elaborate (on) embellish embroider hyperbolize magnify pad stretch

Examples

//The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
//It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
//He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
//He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

exaggerate

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

to add to the interest of by including made-up details //the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
Synonyms

color plural -eries

Definition
- qualities collectively character -ness //snobbery
- art practice //quackery //trickery
- place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) //fishery //bakery //eatery
- collection aggregate //finery //greenery
- state or condition //slavery
History and Etymology
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

exaggerate

verb

ex·ag·ger·ate

ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrāt

exaggerated; exaggerating

Definition

transitive verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth overstate //A friend exaggerates a man's virtues … — Joseph Addison
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal overemphasize
intransitive verb
to make an overstatement

Other Words

exaggerative ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tiv -ˈzaj-rə-tiv -ˈza-jə-rə-tiv adjective
exaggerator ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tər noun
exaggeratory ig-ˈzaj-rə-ˌtȯr-ē -ˈza-jə- adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

color elaborate (on) embellish embroider hyperbolize magnify pad stretch

Examples

//The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
//It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
//He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
//He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

exaggerate

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

to add to the interest of by including made-up details //the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
Synonyms

color plural -eries

Definition
- qualities collectively character -ness //snobbery
- art practice //quackery //trickery
- place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified) //fishery //bakery //eatery
- collection aggregate //finery //greenery
- state or condition //slavery
History and Etymology
Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

exaggerate

verb

ex·ag·ger·ate

ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrāt

exaggerated; exaggerating

Definition

transitive verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth overstate //A friend exaggerates a man's virtues … — Joseph Addison
to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal overemphasize
intransitive verb
to make an overstatement

Other Words

exaggerative ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tiv -ˈzaj-rə-tiv -ˈza-jə-rə-tiv adjective
exaggerator ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-tər noun
exaggeratory ig-ˈzaj-rə-ˌtȯr-ē -ˈza-jə- adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

color elaborate (on) embellish embroider hyperbolize magnify pad stretch

Examples

//The book exaggerates the difficulties he faced in starting his career.
//It's impossible to exaggerate the importance of this discovery.
//He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
//He exaggerated his movements so we could see them more clearly.

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

exaggerate

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

to add to the interest of by including made-up details //the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures
Synonyms

color