Exaggerate Exaggerated Irish ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt Greatly Hotel Filthy Exaggerating

• the hotel was really filthy and i'm not exaggerating.
• he tends to exaggerate the difficulties.
• i'm sure he exaggerates his irish accent (= tries to sound more irish than he really is).
• demand for the product has been greatly exaggerated.

exaggerate

1. to make something seem larger, better, worse or more important than it really is
• The hotel was really filthy and I'm not exaggerating.
• He tends to exaggerate the difficulties.
• I'm sure he exaggerates his Irish accent (= tries to sound more Irish than he really is).
• Demand for the product has been greatly exaggerated.

Extra Examples

• John does tend to exaggerate slightly.
• The allegations were highly exaggerated.
• The historical significance of these events can be easily exaggerated.
• These figures have been greatly exaggerated.
• Demand for satellite television has been greatly exaggerated.
• I’m sure he exaggerates his Irish accent.
• The hotel was really filthy and I’m not exaggerating.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they exaggerate
• he / she / it exaggerates
• past simple exaggerated
• past participle exaggerated
• -ing form exaggerating

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin exaggerat- ‘heaped up’, from the verb exaggerare, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + aggerare ‘heap up’ (from agger ‘heap’). The word originally meant ‘pile up, accumulate’, later ‘increase praise or blame’, giving rise to current senses.