exaggerate

/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt/

verb

przesadzać

/pʂɛˈsad͡zat͡ɕ/· czasownik

Also

wyolbrzymiać

Definition

to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is

Examples

The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.

Hotel był naprawdę brudny i nie przesadzam.

Synonyms

overstate magnify embellish

Collocations

exaggerate the truthexaggerate a problemtend to exaggerate

Word forms

exaggeratedpast simpleexaggeratingpresent participleexaggeratesthird person singular

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