exaggerate

v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to

romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South''

imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {overdraw}, {hyperbolize},

{magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}]

2: do something to an excessive degree: "He overdid it last

night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: {overdo}]