exaggeration
noun
ex·ag·ger·a·tion
ig-ˌza-jə-ˈrā-shən 
plural exaggerations
: an act or instance of exaggerating something : overstatement of the truth
She told us what happened without exaggeration.
: a statement that exaggerates something
a report filled with exaggerations and outright lies
But it's no exaggeration to say that this car has been one of the major linchpins of the burgeoning Asian hot-rod phenomenon.—
Tony Swan
Tony SwanScads of fibs, exaggerations and misleading statements have been swept up in the dragnet …—James Poniewozik
James PoniewozikSynonyms
Examples of exaggeration in a Sentence
their exaggeration was such that a rainstorm became a hurricane
Recent Examples on the Web
No exaggeration, no fictional or composite characters, no hyperbole for the sake of dramatic effect.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The emotion may have morphed into some exaggeration, however.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
By 2021, Vance authorized his prosecutors to pursue a criminal indictment based on Trump's exaggeration of his net worth.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 May 2024
And this despite, literally no exaggeration, hundreds of peoples’ eyes, including my own, seeing it over and over again.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
That’s probably exaggeration, but along those lines.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
The intense focus on actual couture clothing made room for some fun exaggeration.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
While that's almost certainly an exaggeration, the building is one of the most visible signs of the ways in which the country has changed since Kagame came to power in the years after the brutal genocide shocked the world.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 20 May 2024
One very dangerous side effect of all this has been that hearing exaggerations about the relatively few problems with COVID vaccines also spurred fears of other vaccines.
—Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The emotion may have morphed into some exaggeration, however.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
By 2021, Vance authorized his prosecutors to pursue a criminal indictment based on Trump's exaggeration of his net worth.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 May 2024
And this despite, literally no exaggeration, hundreds of peoples’ eyes, including my own, seeing it over and over again.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
That’s probably exaggeration, but along those lines.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 May 2024
The intense focus on actual couture clothing made room for some fun exaggeration.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
While that's almost certainly an exaggeration, the building is one of the most visible signs of the ways in which the country has changed since Kagame came to power in the years after the brutal genocide shocked the world.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 20 May 2024
One very dangerous side effect of all this has been that hearing exaggerations about the relatively few problems with COVID vaccines also spurred fears of other vaccines.
—Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
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“Exaggeration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggeration. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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