exaggeration
US: /ɪɡˌzædʒɝˈeɪʃən/
UK: /ɛɡzˌædʒəɹˈeɪʃən/
UK: /ɛɡzˌædʒəɹˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
exaggeration /ig,zædʤə'reiʃn /
- danh từ
- sự thổi phồng, sự phóng đại, sự cường điệu
- sự làm quá mức, sự làm to quá khổ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[C, usually sing, U] a statement or description that makes sth seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is; the act of making a statement like this: a slight / gross / wild exaggeration + It would be an exaggeration to say I knew her well-I only met her twice. + It's no exaggeration to say that most students have never read a complete Shakespeare play. + He told his story simply and without exaggeration.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
overstatement, magnification, inflation, embroidery, embellishment, elaboration, enlargement, stretch, romanticization, extravagance, overemphasis, excess, exaltation, enhancement, hyperbole; empty talk, bombast, bragging, boasting, boastfulness, magniloquence, Literary gasconade, rodomontade, Colloq fish story, puffery, Slang bull(shit), hot air:
It was a press agent's exaggeration to call the movie a 'colossal epic'.
Concise English dictionary
exaggerationsɪg‚zædʒə'reɪʃn
noun
+extravagant exaggeration
+the act of making something more noticeable than usual
+making to seem more important than it really is
