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- Barnumize,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- blow,
- bombast,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- inflate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pontificate,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk highfalutin,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty,
- vapor
- Barnumize,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- blow,
- blow off,
- blowhard,
- bombast,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- inflate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pile it on,
- pontificate,
- puff,
- shoot the shit,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk highfalutin,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty,
- vapor
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- be untruthful,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- deceive,
- draw the longbow,
- equivocate,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fib,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- lay it on,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- mislead,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pile it on,
- prevaricate,
- puff,
- speak falsely,
- story,
- stretch,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tell a lie,
- tout,
- travesty
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- be prodigal with,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- deluge,
- draw the longbow,
- engulf,
- exaggerate,
- flood,
- flood the market,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- inundate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdose,
- overdraw,
- overequip,
- overestimate,
- overfurnish,
- overlavish,
- overpraise,
- overprovender,
- overprovide,
- overprovision,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstock,
- overstress,
- oversupply,
- overwhelm,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- swamp,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty,
- whelm
- overestimate
collapse - a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
- an appraisal that is too high
- make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exaggeration,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- idolize,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overappraisal,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overassessment,
- overcalculate,
- overcalculation,
- overcharge,
- overcommend,
- overcount,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overesteem,
- overestimation,
- overlaud,
- overmeasure,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overrating,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- overreact to,
- overreaction,
- overreckon,
- overreckoning,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstatement,
- overstress,
- overvaluation,
- overvalue,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- go overboard,
- go too far,
- hyperbolize,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overact,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- pile it on,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- accent,
- accentuate,
- carry too far,
- dramatize,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- hyperbolize,
- know no bounds,
- magnify,
- maximize,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outgo,
- outjump,
- outleap,
- outmaneuver,
- outmarch,
- outpace,
- outperform,
- outplay,
- outpoint,
- outrange,
- outreach,
- outride,
- outrival,
- outrun,
- outshine,
- outstep,
- outstrip,
- outvie,
- outwit,
- overact,
- overcarry,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overjump,
- overlabor,
- overleap,
- overmatch,
- overreact,
- override,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- point up,
- protest too much,
- stretch
- overdraw
collapse
- draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- belie,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- color,
- disguise,
- distort,
- draw the longbow,
- embellish,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fudge,
- garble,
- go to extremes,
- hyperbolize,
- inflate,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overcharge,
- overdevelop,
- overdistend,
- overdo,
- overestimate,
- overexpand,
- overextend,
- overpaint,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstretch,
- pad,
- parody,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- puff,
- slant,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- swell,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty,
- twist,
- understate,
- warp,
- wrench
- overdo
collapse
- do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry to excess,
- carry too far,
- do to death,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- fatigue,
- go overboard,
- go the limit,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- go whole hog,
- hyperbolize,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overact,
- overburden,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overdevelop,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overload,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- pile it on,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- overreact
collapse
- show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy" related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- draw the longbow,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- hyperbolize,
- idealize,
- know no bounds,
- lay it on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- overact,
- overappraise,
- overassess,
- overcalculate,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overcount,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overesteem,
- overestimate,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overmeasure,
- overplay,
- overpraise,
- overprize,
- overrate,
- overreach,
- overreact to,
- overreckon,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspend,
- overstate,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtax,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overvalue,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- pile it on,
- protest too much,
- puff,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty
- overstate
collapse
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" related words >
- 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
- Barnumize,
- act a part,
- affect,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- assume,
- ballyhoo,
- bedaub,
- besmear,
- blarney,
- blow,
- blow off,
- blowhard,
- bombast,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- butter,
- butter up,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- coat,
- counterfeit,
- dab,
- daub,
- do a bit,
- dramatize,
- draw the longbow,
- enamel,
- exaggerate,
- fake,
- feign,
- get around,
- gild,
- gloss,
- go to extremes,
- histrionize,
- honey,
- hyperbolize,
- inflate,
- jolly,
- kid along,
- lacquer,
- lay it on,
- lay on,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- make out like,
- oil,
- overact,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdo it,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- pile it on,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play up to,
- playact,
- pontificate,
- pretend,
- prime,
- puff,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- sham,
- shoot the shit,
- simulate,
- slap on,
- slather,
- smear,
- smear on,
- soap,
- soft-soap,
- soften up,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- string along,
- stroke,
- talk big,
- talk highfalutin,
- talk in superlatives,
- tar,
- tout,
- travesty,
- tug the heartstrings,
- undercoat,
- vapor,
- wear
- overreach
collapse
- fail by aiming too high or trying too hard related words >
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- ballyhoo,
- bamboozle,
- beat,
- beguile,
- betray,
- bilk,
- bluff,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- cajole,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- cheat on,
- chouse,
- circumvent,
- conjure,
- cozen,
- deceive,
- defraud,
- delude,
- diddle,
- do,
- double-cross,
- draw the longbow,
- dupe,
- elude,
- evade,
- exaggerate,
- exceed,
- flimflam,
- foil,
- forestall,
- frustrate,
- gammon,
- get around,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go beyond,
- go one better,
- go to extremes,
- gull,
- gyp,
- have,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- hornswaggle,
- humbug,
- hyperbolize,
- juggle,
- lay it on,
- let down,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- mock,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outfox,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overgo,
- overjump,
- overleap,
- overpass,
- overpraise,
- overreact,
- overrun,
- oversell,
- overshoot,
- overshoot the field,
- overshoot the mark,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstep,
- overstress,
- overstride,
- pass,
- pass the buck,
- pigeon,
- pile it on,
- play one false,
- puff,
- put something over,
- snow,
- stonewall,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- string along,
- superabound,
- surpass,
- take in,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- transcend,
- travesty,
- trick,
- two-time,
- undo,
- victimize
- add to,
- advance,
- amplify,
- apotheose,
- apotheosize,
- augment,
- ballyhoo,
- beatify,
- beef up,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- burlesque,
- canonize,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- crescendo,
- crown,
- deify,
- develop,
- dignify,
- dilate,
- distend,
- distinguish,
- draw the longbow,
- elevate,
- enlarge,
- ennoble,
- enshrine,
- enthrone,
- erect,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- expand,
- extend,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- glamorize,
- glorify,
- go to extremes,
- graduate,
- heighten,
- hike,
- hike up,
- honor,
- huff,
- hyperbolize,
- immortalize,
- increase,
- inflate,
- jack up,
- jump up,
- kick upstairs,
- knight,
- lay it on,
- lengthen,
- lionize,
- magnify,
- make legendary,
- make much of,
- maximize,
- multiply,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- parlay,
- pass,
- pile it on,
- prefer,
- promote,
- puff,
- puff up,
- pump,
- pump up,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- set up,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- sublime,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- thicken,
- throne,
- tout,
- travesty,
- up,
- upgrade,
- uplift,
- uprear,
- widen
- embroider
collapse
- add details to
- decorate with needlework related words >
- adorn,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- applique,
- array,
- baste,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- belie,
- bind,
- blazon,
- build up,
- buttonhole,
- camouflage,
- color,
- convolute,
- crochet,
- cross-stitch,
- dandify,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- disguise,
- distend,
- distort,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- dramatize,
- dress,
- dress up,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- enhance,
- enlarge upon,
- enrich,
- exaggerate,
- expand,
- falsify,
- fell,
- festoon,
- fig out,
- fix up,
- flourish,
- fudge,
- furbish,
- garble,
- garnish,
- gather,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- grace,
- gussy up,
- hyperbolize,
- involve,
- knit,
- load with ornament,
- machine-stitch,
- magnify,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- ornament,
- overcast,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
- overhand,
- overlay,
- overload,
- overpaint,
- overstate,
- pad,
- paint,
- pervert,
- prank,
- prank up,
- preen,
- prettify,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- purl,
- quilt,
- redecorate,
- redo,
- refurbish,
- renter,
- run,
- saddle-stitch,
- seam,
- set off,
- set out,
- single-stitch,
- slant,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- spruce up,
- strain,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- tack,
- tat,
- titivate,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trim,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whip,
- whipstitch,
- whitewash
- overcharge
collapse
- a price that is too high
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price related words >
- adorn,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- anticathexis,
- ballyhoo,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- build up,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- cathectic energy,
- cathexis,
- charge,
- choke,
- clip,
- color,
- congest,
- congestion,
- convolute,
- countercathexis,
- cram,
- crowd,
- decorate,
- desire concentration,
- draw the longbow,
- drench,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- energy charge,
- engorgement,
- enrich,
- exaggerate,
- exploit,
- exploitation,
- extortion,
- festoon,
- fleece,
- flourish,
- fudge,
- gild,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- go to extremes,
- gorge,
- gouge,
- highway robbery,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hyperbolize,
- hypercathexis,
- hyperemia,
- involve,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- lay it on,
- load with ornament,
- loan-sharking,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- ornament,
- overassessment,
- overbrimming,
- overburden,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overestimate,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overflow,
- overfreight,
- overfullness,
- overlade,
- overlay,
- overload,
- overpaint,
- overpraise,
- overprice,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overspill,
- overstate,
- overstress,
- overstuff,
- overtax,
- overweigh,
- overweight,
- pack,
- pad,
- pile it on,
- plethora,
- profiteer,
- puff,
- repletion,
- satiate,
- satiety,
- saturate,
- saturation,
- screw,
- shylocking,
- skin,
- soak,
- stick,
- sting,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- supersaturation,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- swindle,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tout,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- usury,
- varnish,
- victimize
- amplify
collapse
- increase the volume of; "amplify sound" related words >
- add to,
- agent provocateur,
- aggrandize,
- aggravate,
- annoy,
- augment,
- ballyhoo,
- bloat,
- blow up,
- boost,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- carry too far,
- charge,
- complete,
- crescendo,
- deepen,
- descant,
- detail,
- deteriorate,
- develop,
- dilate,
- distend,
- draw the longbow,
- elaborate,
- electrify,
- embellish,
- embitter,
- embroider,
- energize,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- enlarge upon,
- enter into detail,
- evolve,
- exacerbate,
- exaggerate,
- exalt,
- exasperate,
- expand,
- expatiate,
- explicate,
- extend,
- fatten,
- fill out,
- galvanize,
- generate,
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- blatant or sensational promotion
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- build up
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- enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"
- change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
- form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
- bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" related words >
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- make a travesty of related words >
- Atticism,
- aggrandize,
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- amplification,
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- tout
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- someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
- someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
- advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention" related words >
- acclaim,
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- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President" related words >
- Atticism,
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- magnify
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- increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" related words >
- accelerate,
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- carry too far,
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- deteriorate,
- develop,
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- dramatize,
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- exacerbate,
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- exalt,
- exasperate,
- expand,
- extend,
- extol,
- flatter,
- fudge,
- glamorize,
- glorify,
- glorify the Lord,
- go to extremes,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hero-worship,
- hike,
- hike up,
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- huff,
- hymn,
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- overdraw,
- overemphasize,
- overestimate,
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- overstate,
- overstress,
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- pay tribute,
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- sufflate,
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- travesty,
- triple,
- trumpet,
- up,
- uplift,
- uprear,
- vise,
- whet,
- widen,
- worsen
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