overstated Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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adjective satellite represented as greater than is true or reasonable
exaggerated; overdone.
- an exaggerated opinion of oneself
