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embroidering

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of embroidering

the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts

  • with considerable embroidering the owners of the bed-and-breakfast have turned a few odd incidents into a full-blown legend of ghostly apparitions
Synonyms of embroidering

caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment, embroidery, exaggeration, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching
Words Related to embroidering

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

hype, puffery

superlative
Near Antonyms of embroidering

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing
Antonyms of embroidering

meiosis, understatement

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