Related Words for exaggeration

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Word	Syllables	Categories
overstatement	/xxx	Noun, Noun
hyperbole	x/xx	Noun, Noun
magnification	xxx/x	Noun, Noun
understatement	/xxx	Noun, Noun
oversimplification	xx/xxxx	Noun
misrepresentation	xxxx/x	Noun
misinterpretation	xxxx/x	Noun
inaccuracy	x/xxx	Noun
falsehood	/x	Noun
hyperbolic	xx/x	Adjective
absurd	x/	Adjective
distortion	x/x	Noun
absurdity	x/xx	Noun
melodramatic	xxx/x	Adjective
untruth	x/	Noun
insinuation	xxx/x	Noun
extreme	x/	Adjective
outrageous	x/x	Adjective
extravagance	x/xx	Noun
misunderstanding	xxx/x	Noun
ludicrous	/xx	Adjective
silliness	/xx	Noun
extrapolation	xxx/x	Noun
ridiculous	x/xx	Adjective
overblown	xx/	Adjective
innuendo	xx/x	Noun
overreaction	/xxxx	Noun
underestimation	xx/x/x	Noun
irony	/xx	Noun
excessive	x/x	Adjective
needless	/x	Adjective
accusation	xx/x	Noun
provocation	xx/x	Noun
misstatement	x/x	Noun
affectation	xx/x	Noun
blatant	/x	Adjective
disparagement	x/xx	Noun
contradiction	xx/x	Noun
grotesque	x/	Adjective
embellishment	x/xx	Noun
unintentional	xx/xx	Adjective
sensationalism	x/xxxx	Noun
nonsense	/x	Noun
implication	xx/x	Noun
misleading	x/x	Adjective
disproportion	xx/x	Noun
trickery	/xx	Noun
imprecision	xx/x	Noun
mystification	/xx/x	Noun
unwarranted	x/xx	Adjective
hysterical	x/xx	Adjective
dramatic	x/x	Adjective
incongruity	xx/xx	Noun
falsity	/xx	Noun
dramatization	xxx/x	Noun
generalization	xxxx/x	Noun
generalisation	/xxx/x	Noun
dishonesty	x/xx	Noun
undue	x/	Adjective
untrue	x/	Adjective
overestimation	xx/x/x	Noun
fanciful	/xx	Adjective
deception	x/x	Noun
anachronism	x/xxx	Noun
misdirection	xx/x	Noun
laughable	/xx	Adjective
misinformation	xxx/x	Noun
calumny	/xx	Noun
imposture	x/x	Noun
comical	/xx	Adjective
unrealistic	xx/x	Adjective
piling	/x	Verb
accumulation	xxx/x	Noun
stacking	/x	Noun
heightening	/xx	Noun
agglomeration	xxx/x	Noun
lumping	/x	Verb
allegation	xx/x	Noun
aggregation	xx/x	Noun
enlargement	x/x	Noun
congestion	x/x	Noun
amplification	xxx/x	Noun
accretion	x/x	Noun
hoarding	/x	Noun
hoisting	/x	Noun
augmentation	xx/x	Noun
superposition	xxx/x	Noun
cluttering	/xx	Noun
idealization	x/xx/x	Noun
maximization	xxx/x	Noun
projecting	x/x	Verb
enlarging	x/x	Verb
imposition	xx/x	Noun
prolongation	x/xx	Noun
stockpiling	/xx	Noun
fattening	/xx	Noun
crowding	/x	Noun
cramming	/x	Noun
addition	x/x	Noun
simplification	xxx/x	Noun
ballooning	x/x	Noun
imputation	xx/x	Noun
presupposition	xxx/x	Noun
complication	xx/x	Noun
inundation	xx/x	Noun
upheaval	x/x	Noun
duplication	xx/x	Noun
indulgence	x/x	Noun
exemplification	x/xx/x	Noun
bombast	/x	Noun
malingering	x/xx	Noun
hype	/	Noun
superlatives	x/xx	Noun
stylization	/x/x	Noun
mannerism	/xxx	Noun
penchant	/x	Noun
lordosis	//x	Noun
excusable	x/xx	Adjective
parodic	/xx	Adjective
overemphasis	/x/xx	Noun
artificiality	xx/xxx	Noun
awkwardness	/xx	Noun
excess	/x	Adjective, Noun, Verb
extremism	x/xx	Noun
impatience	x/x	Noun
implies	x/	Verb
irreverence	x/xx	Noun
metaphor	/xx	Noun, Verb
overkill	/xx	Noun, Verb
predisposition	xxx/x	Noun
rearing	/x	Noun
rhetorical	x/xx	Adjective, Noun
stretch	/	Noun, Verb
unfairness	x/x	Noun
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
die	/	Verb, Noun
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective