Exaggerating
[iɡ'zædʒəreitɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exaggerate
(a.) That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds.
Editor: Rosalie
Examples
- We might be seeing it all this spring--even the Easter ceremonies at Seville, he urged, exaggerating his demands in the hope of a larger concession. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Why is it not better worth such tears, and such tenderly exaggerating faith? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The old man evidently thought that his son was exaggerating in his description of one or two trivial feats which I had performed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Rosalie