exaggerate

English - Turkish

Definition of exaggerate in English Turkish dictionary

Erken kalkma alışkanlığının önemini abartmak imkansızdır. - It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the habit of early rising.

Onun şeyleri abartmak için bir eğilimi var gibi görünüyor. - She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.

{f} abartılı konuşmak

{f} ileri gitmek

(Tıp) Büyültmek, bir şeyi olduğundan büyük veya fazla göstermek, abartmak, mübalağa etmek

abart

Onu harfi harfine almayın. O abartma eğilimindedir. - Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate.

Gerçekleri abartmayalım. - Let's not exaggerate the facts.

{f} aşırıya kaçmak

{f} şişirmek

aşırılık

mübalağa

abartma

Tom abartma eğilimindedir. - Tom tends to exaggerate.

Erken kalkma alışkanlığının önemini abartmak imkansızdır. - It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the habit of early rising.

(Argo) bokunu çıkarmak

(Tıp) egzajere

{f} büyütmek

Rapor abartılmış olabilir. - The report may be exaggerated.

Olayların bu açıklaması tamamen abartılmış, üstelik doğru olsa bile. - This description of events is completely exaggerated, even if it's essentially true.

exaggeration

{i} abartı

Amerikan haber Irene Kasırgası'nın Avrupa kadar büyük olduğunu bildiriyor, bu biraz abartıdır. - The American news is reporting that Hurricane Irene is as big as Europe, which is a bit of an exaggeration.

Bunun bir abartı olduğunu düşünmüyor musun? - Don't you think that's an exaggeration?

exaggerated

{s} abartılı

O, abartılı bir inleme çıkardı ve elini kapı tokmağına koydu. - He let out an exaggerated groan and put his hand on the doorknob.

Bizim için onun sevgisi abartılı görünüyor. - His affection for us seems exaggerated.

exaggeration

abartma

Tom abartmaya eğilimlidir. - Tom's prone to exaggeration.

Sanırım o bir abartma. - I think that's an exaggeration.

(Ticaret) fahiş

{f} abart

Rapor, salonun kapasitesini abarttı. - The report exaggerated the capacity of the hall.

Olayların bu açıklaması tamamen abartılmış, üstelik doğru olsa bile. - This description of events is completely exaggerated, even if it's essentially true.

{i} abartma

Abartmadan bahse gir. - Bet without exaggerating.

Her şeyi abartma alışkanlığın var. - You have a habit of exaggerating everything.

exaggerating

{f} abart

Biraz abartmıyor musun? - Aren't you exaggerating a little?

Tom'un abarttığını sanıyordum. - I thought Tom was exaggerating.

{s} aşırı

(Tıp) büyültme, bir şeyi olduğundan büyük ve fazla göstermek, abartmak, mübalağa etmek

exaggeration

{i} aşırılık

exaggeration

(Tıp) büyültme, abartma, mübalağa

exaggeration

{i} büyütme

exaggeration

{i} mübâlağa

Tom mübalağa etmeye meyillidir. - Tom's prone to exaggeration.

{s} abartmalı

Eğitimin önemini abartmak imkansız. - It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of education.

Onun şeyleri abartmak için bir eğilimi var gibi görünüyor. - She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.

to exaggerate

büyültmek

English - English

Definition of exaggerate in English English dictionary: To overstate, to describe more than is fact
I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate!.; to overstate; do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"; {f} overstate, make something seem greater or more important than it really is; make larger than normal; If something exaggerates a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is. These figures exaggerate the loss of competitiveness. to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is (past participle of exaggerare , from agger ); to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"; To heap up; to accumulate; To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning; If you exaggerate, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is. He thinks I'm exaggerating Sheila admitted that she did sometimes exaggerate the demands of her job. + exaggeration exaggerations ex·ag·gera·tion Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent; {v} to heap up, aggravate, enlarge; run into the ground; pull the long bow; pile it on
exaggerated: That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged
exaggerated: Simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate
exaggeratedly: To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner
exaggeration: The act of heaping or piling up
exaggeration: The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement
exaggerated: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes"
exaggerated: Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth
exaggerated: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
exaggerated: {s} overstated, made to seem greater or more important than it really is, overdone, excessive
exaggerated: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"
exaggerated: Something that is exaggerated is or seems larger, better, worse, or more important than it actually needs to be. They should be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what such courses can achieve Western fears, he insists, are greatly exaggerated. + exaggeratedly ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly an exaggeratedly feminine appearance She laughed exaggeratedly at their jokes
exaggerated: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style" enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes" represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself
exaggerated: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself
exaggeration: {n} the act of heaping up, the act of enlarging, aggravation, addition, increase
exaggeratory: {a} containing exaggeration
Exaggerative: exaggeratory
exaggerated: past of exaggerate
exaggerated: That has been described as greater than it actually is
exaggeratedly: excessively, in an overstated manner
exaggerates: third-person singular of exaggerate
exaggerating: present participle of exaggerate
exaggerating: That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds
exaggeratingly: in the manner of embellishing, while overstating
exaggeratingly: In an exaggerating manner
exaggeration: The enlargement of a feature in order to emphasize it This is often done in cartography to allow an important feature to be shown clearly on a small scale map
exaggeration: a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is
exaggeration: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" making to seem more important than it really is
exaggeration: extravagant exaggeration
exaggeration: {i} overstatement, act of making something seem greater or more important than it really is; act of making something larger than normal
exaggeration: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
exaggeration: A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor
exaggeration: Increasing or enlarging an object or figure to communicate ideas or feelings
exaggeration: making to seem more important than it really is
exaggeration: An image-development strategy used to emphasize a portion or aspect of an image
exaggeration: The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement
exaggerative: Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration
exaggerative: {s} characterized by exaggeration; tending to exaggerate, tending to make something seem greater or more important than it really is
exaggerative: Marked by exaggeration
exaggeratory: Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative
tendency to exaggerate: inclination to exaggerate, tendency to embellish the truth

exaggerate

Hyphenation

ex·ag·ger·ate

Turkish pronunciation

îgzäcıreyt

Synonyms

amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt

Antonyms

downplay, understate, depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce

Pronunciation

/əgˈzaʤərˌāt/ /ɪɡˈzæʤɜrˌeɪt/

Etymology

[ ig-za-j&-"rAt ] (verb.) circa 1587. From Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) ex (“ut, up”) + aggerare (“to heap up”) agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”) aggerere, adgerere (“to bring together”) ad (“to”) + gerere (“to carry”).