exaggerate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

ex·ag·ger·ate (ĭg-zăjʹə-rāt')v. ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing, ex·ag·ger·atesv. tr.
1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate:
exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.
2. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree:
thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.v. intr.
To make overstatements. [Latin exaggerāre, exaggerāt-, to heap up, magnify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + aggerāre, to pile up (from agger, pile, from aggerere, to bring to : ad-, ad- + gerere, to bring).] ex·agʹger·at'ed·ly adv.ex·ag'ger·aʹtion n.ex·agʹger·a'tive or ex·agʹger·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.ex·agʹger·a'tor n. 
Synonyms: exaggerate, inflate, magnify, overstate
These verbs mean to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is: exaggerated the size of the fish I caught; inflated his own importance; magnifying her part in their success; overstated his income on the loan application.
Antonyms: minimize

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  overdo, overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  understate, minimize, minimise, downplay