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1 exaggerate
v. abartmak, büyütmek, şişirmek, aşırıya kaçmak, abartılı konuşmak, ileri gitmek* * *abart* * *[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) abartmak2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) abartmak, büyütmek• -
2 exaggerate
abartmak, sisirmek, mübalaga etmek -
3 exaggerate
abart -
4 gush
n. fışkırma, coşma, taşma, coşku, taşkınlık, sevgi gösterisi————————v. taşmak, coşmak* * *1. fışkır (v.) 2. fışkırma (n.)* * *1. verb1) ((of liquids) to flow out suddenly and in large amounts: Blood gushed from his wound.) fışkırmak2) (to exaggerate one's enthusiasm etc while talking: The lady kept gushing about her husband's success.) coşkunlukla konuşmak; aşırı biçimde göstermek2. noun(a sudden flowing (of a liquid): a gush of water.) fışkırma- gushing- gushingly -
5 make a mountain out of a molehill
(to exaggerate the importance of a problem etc.) pireyi deve yapmakEnglish-Turkish dictionary > make a mountain out of a molehill
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exaggerate — [eg zaj′ər āt΄, igzaj′ə rāt΄] vt. exaggerated, exaggerating [< L exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare, to increase, exaggerate < ex , out, up + aggerare, to heap up < agger, a heap < aggerere, to bring toward < ad , to + gerere, to carry … English World dictionary
Exaggerate — Ex*ag ger*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaggerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exaggerating} . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See {Jest}. ] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exaggerate — index cloak, compound, distort, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, inflate, intensify … Law dictionary
exaggerate — (v.) 1530s, to pile up, accumulate, from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare heighten, amplify, magnify, lit. to heap, pile, load, fill, from ex thoroughly (see EX (Cf. ex )) + aggerare heap up, from agger (gen. aggeris) heap, from … Etymology dictionary
exaggerate — [v] overstate, embellish amplify, blow out of proportion*, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, go to extremes*, heighten, hike,… … New thesaurus
exaggerate — ► VERB 1) represent as being greater than in reality. 2) (exaggerated) enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions. DERIVATIVES exaggeratedly adverb exaggeration noun. ORIGIN Latin exaggerare heap up … English terms dictionary
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exaggerate — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, grossly, vastly, wildly ▪ These figures have been greatly exaggerated. ▪ a little, slightly, etc … Collocations dictionary
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exaggerate — [[t]ɪgzæ̱ʤəreɪt[/t]] exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerated 1) VERB If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I m exaggerating... Don t exaggerate... [V n] Sheila admitted … English dictionary