1. (

• overstate ,
• exaggerate ,
• overdraw ,
• hyperbolize ,
• hyperbolise ,
• magnify ,
• amplify

) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" ;

1. (

• exaggerated ,
• overdone ,
• overstated

) represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself" ;