overstate

overstate
Synonyms and related words:
aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort, draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcharge, overcount, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overpaint, overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact, overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overstress, overvalue, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives, titivate, tout, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish, warp, whitewash, wrench

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  • overstate — UK US /ˌəʊvəˈsteɪt/ verb [T] ► to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is: »The shareholders seem to think that the executive board is overstating the case for a merger. greatly/vastly …   Financial and business terms

  • Overstate — O ver*state , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.] To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overstate — index distort, magnify, misrepresent, overestimate, slant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overstate — (v.) 1630s, assume too much grandeur, from OVER (Cf. over) + STATE (Cf. state) (n.1). Meaning state too strongly attested 1803, OVER (Cf. over) + STATE (Cf. state) (v.). Related: Overstated …   Etymology dictionary

  • overstate — [v] exaggerate amplify, blow out of proportion*, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, lay it on thick*, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent …   New thesaurus

  • overstate — ► VERB ▪ exaggerate or state too emphatically. DERIVATIVES overstatement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • overstate — [ō′vər stāt΄] vt. overstated, overstating to give an extravagant or magnified account of (facts, truth, etc.); exaggerate overstatement n …   English World dictionary

  • overstate — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsteɪt] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms overstate : present tense I/you/we/they overstate he/she/it overstates present participle overstating past tense overstated past participle overstated formal to… …   English dictionary

  • overstate — overstatement, n. /oh veuhr stayt /, v.t., overstated, overstating. to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one s position in a controversy. [1630 40; OVER + STATE] Syn. overstress, embroider, magnify. * * * …   Universalium

  • overstate — verb Overstate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑case, ↑extent, ↑importance …   Collocations dictionary

  • overstate — /oʊvəˈsteɪt / (say ohvuh stayt) verb (t) (overstated, overstating) to state too strongly; exaggerate in statement: to overstate one s case. –overstatement, noun …  

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