overexaggerate

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verb

To exaggerate, to overstate excessively.

“I get it, OK? Quit overexaggerating!”

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Meanings

verboverexaggerate (third-person singular simple present overexaggerates, present participle overexaggerating, simple past and past participle overexaggerated)

present singular third person overexaggerates · participle present overexaggerating · participle past overexaggerated · past overexaggerated

  1. To exaggerate, to overstate excessively.

    I get it, OK? Quit overexaggerating!

    1 more example

    "That math test was so hard, nobody could have passed it! Albert Einstein couldn't have done it! Our professor probably had no idea how to solve those equations! I mean-"

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
exaggerate

Origin

From over- + exaggerate, perhaps specifically influenced by overstate and/or overdo.

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APA

overexaggerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexaggerate

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“overexaggerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexaggerate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overexaggerate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexaggerate.

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