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overstate    音标拼音: ['ovɚst,et]
vt. 夸大的叙述,夸张

夸大的叙述,夸张

overstate
v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'
imagery" [synonym: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {overdraw},
{hyperbolize}, {hyperbolise}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant:
{downplay}, {minimise}, {minimize}, {understate}]

Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]

84 Moby Thesaurus words for "overstate":
aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque,
camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort,
draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge,
exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over,
go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, inflate, lay it on, magnify,
make much of, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport,
misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overappraise, overassess,
overcalculate, overcharge, overcount, overdo, overdraw,
overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overpaint,
overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact,
overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overstress,
overvalue, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain,
stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives,
titivate, tout, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish,
warp, whitewash, wrench


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