Reverse Dictionary: EXAGGERATE

ADJECTIVES
► AM DRAM Amateur Dramatic; hence, exaggerated, unsubtle, histrionic → 1985 UK sl.
► ARSE-LICKING exaggerated → 2000 sl.
► BOUNCING exaggerated; excessive, big → 1899 Amer. dial.
► HYPERBOLOUS hyperbolical; exaggerated → 1638 obs.
► MAGNIFICATE made unduly great, exaggerated → a1592 obs.
► MYTHOMANE exhibiting mythomania, exaggerating, lying → 1962
► MYTHOMANIAC exhibiting mythomania, exaggerating, lying → 1928
► ON THE STRETCH using exaggeration, ‘drawing the long bow’ → 1834
► TALL exaggerated, highly coloured → 1846 US colloq.

ADVERBS
► HYPERBOLICALLY with exaggeration; in a hyperbolical manner → 1555
► HYPERBOLICLY with exaggeration; in a hyperbolical manner → 1596 obs.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALL HIS GEESE ARE SWANS he habitually exaggerates or over-estimates → 1824
► PITCH IT MILD! don’t exaggerate → L19

NOUNS
► AGGRAVATION an elaborating something; exaggeration → 1628 obs.
► BEAR STORY an exaggerated account; a ‘tall tale’ → 1856 Amer. dial.
► BORAX exaggeration; misrepresentation → 1920 US furniture business usage
► BOUNCING a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding → 1634
► CHEESE a lie; nonsense; exaggeration → 20C Amer. sl.
► COCK AND BULL STORY a silly, exaggerated story → 1670
► CORRAL DUST nonsense, lies, and exaggeration; ‘bullshit’ → 2006 US euphemism (Bk.)
► CRACK loud talk, boast, brag; exaggeration, a lie → 1450 arch.
► DOG-DANCING useless or exaggerated activity → 1967 Can. sl.
► FILL an exaggerated or fictitious account; a hoax → 1893 Amer. sl.
► GANDYING foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GLORIFICATION an enhanced or favourably exaggerated version or account → colloq.
► GOFFER a lie, an exaggeration → 1839 Eng. dial.
► HASSAYAMPING telling a lie; making a preposterous claim; exaggerating → 1901 Amer. dial.
► HYPERBOLE exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally → 1529
► LARGE ORDER something big, exaggerated, or very difficult → 1930 colloq.
► LONG BOW an exaggeration, a lie → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MALAKY ► MALARKEY ► MALARKY ► MULLARKEY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense → 1929 sl., orig. US
► MOODY insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → 1917 sl.
► MYTHOMANIA a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1909
► PERCOCT that which is exaggerated, hackneyed, or trite → 1879 obs.
► RATCHER an exaggeration; a lie → 1876 Eng. dial.
► REACHER an exaggeration → 1613 colloq.
► SALVE exaggeration → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SHIT FOR THE BIRDS nonsense, lies, exaggeration → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKE lies, big talk, exaggeration, or flattery → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCH an exaggerated statement → 1711
► STRETCHER an exaggeration, a falsehood, a lie → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► TALLIE a ‘tall’ story; a lie, an exaggeration → 1930s Aust. sl.
► TALL STORY an elaborate lie; an (enjoyable) exaggeration → 1846 UK sl.
► TALL TALE an elaborate lie; an (enjoyable) exaggeration → 1846 UK sl.
► TRIPE exaggerated or untruthful statements, talk, etc. → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YED a falsehood; a fib, an exaggerated tale → 1825 Sc. obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BALONEY BENDER one who exaggerates → 1999 sl.
► BIG TALKER a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart → 1902 sl.
► BLASTER a boaster; one who exaggerates → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLOWER a braggart; a boaster, one who exaggerates →  1859 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BOWYER a person who exaggerates, who tells implausible, if grandiose, tales → L18 sl.
► BULL ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker → 1918 sl., orig. US
► BULLDUST ARTIST a person who talks nonsense or exaggerates → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BULLSHIT ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; one who excels at boasting or lying → 1942 sl., orig. US
► BULLSHITTER a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; someone who excels at boasting or lying → 1933 sl., orig. US
► CRAP ARTIST a person who exaggerates or talks nonsense, esp. to bluff or impress → 1935 sl.
► CRAPPER a person who tells lies or exaggerates → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► FALSE ALARM a person who bluffs or exaggerates or who does not fulfil expectations; hence, a worthless person → 1900 Amer. sl.
► FLANNEL-MOUTH a flatterer; an exaggerated talker → 1881 US sl.
► GAMMONER one who talks nonsense or exaggerates; a liar; one who tells deceitful tales → 1812 sl.
► HASSAYAMPA ► HASSAYAMPER orig. an Arizona gold-rusher; an old-timer, esp. one given to exaggeration; later, a liar → 1901 Amer. dial.
► HYPERBOLIST one who uses exaggerated language or statements → 1661
► MEXICAN ATHLETE (derogatory) one who lies or exaggerates → 1993 Amer. dial.
► MONSTERER a person who exaggerates to a remarkable degree → 1840 obs.
► MYTHOMANE a person obsessed with or passionate about myths; later, a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1954
► MYTHOMANIAC a person obsessed with or passionate about myths; later, a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1857
► RATCHER one who exaggerates; a liar → 1868 Eng. dial.
► SCANCER one who exaggerates or ‘talks big’ → 1825 Sc.
► WINDY a talkative person, esp. one who lies or exaggerates → c1930 Amer. sl. 
► WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. 

VERBS
► AGGRANDIZE to make something appear greater; to enhance beyond what is justified by the facts; to embellish, to exaggerate → 1709
► AGGRAVATE to make the most of; to represent something as graver, more serious, or more important; to exaggerate → 1533 obs.
► AMPLIFY to exaggerate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BIG to exaggerate → 1972 Amer. dial.
► BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate → 19C Sc.
► BLAW to brag; to exaggerate from ostentation → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLOW SMOKE to boast, to brag, to exaggerate; to swagger → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BULL to lie; to exaggerate → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BULLDUST to boast, to exaggerate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CAMP IT UP to act in an exaggeratedly camp manner, to overact → 1999  (Bk.)
► CHANT THE POKER to exaggerate; to swagger → 19C sl.
► COCK IT ON ► COCK ON to exaggerate; to overcharge someone → 1961 UK sl.
► CUT THE GREEN CALABASH vb. to exaggerate → 1926 Amer. dial. 
► DRAW THE LONG BOW to make exaggerated statements → 1824 colloq.
► EXTOL to raise too high, to make too much of; to exaggerate, to boast of → 1504 obs.
► FLING THE HATCHET to make exaggerated statements → 1780
► FLING THE MELL to boast, to brag, to exaggerate → 1900 Sc.
► GANGE ► GAUNGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib → 1866 Sc.
► HYPERBOLIZE to use hyperbole; to exaggerate → 1599
► LAVISH to be lavish of words, to exaggerate → 1625
► LAY IT ON to exaggerate → 20C
► LAY IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively → 1599
► MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way → 1975 African-American sl.
► MUNCHAUSEN to tell extravagantly untruthful pseudo-autobiographical stories; to recount a story with extravagant exaggeration → 1853
► NEED A HAIR TO MAKE A CABLE to exaggerate greatly, make much of a trifle → 1821 Sc.
► NEED A HAIR TO MAKE A TETHER to exaggerate greatly, make much of a trifle → 1821 Sc.
► OVERSPORT to overplay; to exaggerate the importance of → 1937 Amer. dial.
► PAINT IN BRIGHT COLOURS to embellish; to exaggerate; to emphasize the pleasant aspects of → 1847
► PILE IT ON to talk exaggeratedly → 1852 sl.
► PILE ON THE AGONY ► PUT ON THE AGONY ► TURN ON THE AGONY to exaggerate a story, misfortunes, etc.; to show off → 1837 US sl., orig. theatrical usage
► PITCH IT STRONG ►  PITCH IT TOO STRONG to exaggerate → 1870 sl.
► PUSH THE BOAT OUT to exaggerate → 1960 sl.
► PUT THE POT ON to exaggerate → 1870 obs.
► RAME to talk nonsense; to rave; to exaggerate, to tell tall stories or lies → 1847 Sc.
► RAMMER to exaggerate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAM OUT to exaggerate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RATCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon → 1819 Eng. dial.
► RAX to exaggerate → 19C Eng. dial.
► RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon → 1819 Eng. dial.
► SCANCE to make a great show in conversation; to talk in a pompous or affected manner, to exaggerate, to embellish a story to the limits of credibility for the sake of effect → 1815 Sc.
► SCONCE to tell tales that are untrue or exaggerated to obtain one’s ends → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHIT to tell lies, to exaggerate → 1934 sl.
► SLANT to exaggerate → L19 sl.
► SLING THE HATCHET to make exaggerated statements → 1893
► SPREAD IT ON THICK WITH A TROWEL to overstate, exaggerate, flatter excessively → 1599
► SPREAD IT THICK to exaggerate; to overstate → 1857 US sl.
► STRETCH to exaggerate in narration → 1674 colloq.
► STRETCH THE BLANKET to exaggerate → 1870 Amer. sl.
► STRONG IT to talk exaggeratedly → 1964 Brit. sl.
► SWING THE LEAD to boast; to exaggerate → Amer. World War I sl.
► TAKE THINGS TO THE FAIR to exaggerate → 1940s Irish sl.
► TALK BIGGER THAN A BULLOCK to boast, to exaggerate → E17 sl.
► TALK NOISE to exaggerate; to lie → 1986 US sl.
► TALK SHIT to disparage someone or something; to exaggerate → 1965 US sl.
► TALK THROUGH ONE’S HAT to boast and exaggerate → L19 sl., orig. US
► THROW THE HATCHET to exaggerate; to tell fabulous stories or lies → 1893
► WANT A HAIR TO MAKE A CABLE to exaggerate greatly, make much of a trifle → 1821 Sc.
► WANT A HAIR TO MAKE A TETHER to exaggerate greatly, make much of a trifle → 1821 Sc.
► WHACK to lie, to exaggerate → 1906 Amer. dial.
► YEAST to exaggerate → 1973 US sl.
► YED to tell a fib; to exaggerate a tale → 1825 Sc. obs.