overstatement
41distortion — I noun anamorphosis, camouflage, caricature, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, deformity, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion,… …
42exaggeration — I noun addition, aggrandizement, augmentation, boast, brag, caricature, disproportion, distortion, embellishment, embroidery, enlargement, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, expansion, extravagance, extravagant statement, extremes,… …
43hyperbole — I noun aggrandizement, amplification, enhancement, enlargement, exaggeration, extravagance, magnification, overemphasis, overenlargement, overstatement II index bombast, caricature, distortion, exaggeration …
44understatement — UK US /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/ noun [C or U] ► a statement that something is much smaller, much less important, or much less serious than it really is: »It s an understatement to say the workers are worried about their futures. with understatement »The… …
45Übertreibung — 1. Jägerlatein, Overstatement, Seemannsgarn, Übersteigerung, übertriebene Darstellung/Schilderung, Übertriebenheit, Zuspitzung; (ugs. abwertend): Sprüche; (Rhet.): Superlativismus; (Sprachwiss., Rhet.): Hyperbel. 2. Ausschweifung, Auswüchse,… …
46overstate — o|ver|state [ˌəuvəˈsteıt US ˌouvər ] v [T] to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is = ↑exaggerate ≠ ↑understate ▪ To say that all motorists speed in residential areas is overstating the… …
47understatement — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)steɪtmənt[/t]] understatements 1) N COUNT If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. To say I m disappointed is an understatement... He was getting… …
48Exaggeration — Ex*ag ger*a tion, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag[ e]ration.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] Exaggeration of sand. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a… …
49exaggerate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare, literally, to heap up, from ex + agger heap, from aggerere to carry toward, from ad + gerere to carry Date: 1613 transitive verb 1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the… …
50overstate — transitive verb Date: 1803 to state in too strong terms ; exaggerate < overstated his qualifications > • overstatement noun …
