noun. A heaping together; accumulation; a pile or heap.

noun. An undue or excessive enlargement or development.

noun. Amplification; unreasonable or extravagant overstating or overdrawing in the representation of things; hyperbolical representation.

noun. In the fine arts, a representation of things in which their natural features are emphasized or magnified.

noun. In zoology, amplification or intensification; emphasis or conspicuousness, as of any characteristics: as, this form is but an exaggeration of the other.

noun. The act of heaping or piling up.

noun. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

noun. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

noun. The act of heaping or piling up.

noun. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

noun. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

noun. making to seem more important than it really is

noun. the act of making something more noticeable than usual

noun. extravagant exaggeration

"“You can always do something in exaggeration,” he said."

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