hyperbolize

Verb

Meaning

To speak or write with exaggeration.

To state or represent hyperbolically.

Source: Webster's dictionary

amplify exaggerate magnify overstate overdraw color fudge dramatize colour expand elaborate emphasize stretch pad maximize

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minify minimize diminish disdain lessen despise

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mislead misinform

gas swash dramatize blow pad boast

tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery Source: Internet