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Exaggeration

Definition: Exaggeration

Exaggeration

Noun

1. Extravagant exaggeration.

2. The act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness".

3. Making to seem more important than it really is.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exaggeration" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

 

Synonyms: Exaggeration

Synonyms: hyperbole (n), magnification (n), overstatement (n). (additional references)
Antonym: understatement (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Exaggeration

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Absurdity

Jargon, fustian, twaddle, gibberish; (no meaning); exaggeration; moonshine, stuff; mare's nest, quibble, self-delusion.

Aggravation

Noun: aggravation, worsening, heightening; exacerbation; exasperation; overestimation; exaggeration.

Boasting

Noun: boasting; Verb: boast, vaunt, crake; pretense, pretensions; puff, puffery; flourish, fanfaronade; gasconade; blague, bluff, gas; highfalutin, highfaluting; hot air, spread-eagleism; brag, braggardism; bravado, bunkum, buncombe; jactancy; bounce; venditation, vaporing, rodomontade, bombast, fine talking, tall talk, magniloquence, teratology, heroics; Chauvinism; exaggeration.

Exaggeration

Noun: exaggeration; expansion; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance; (nonsense); Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry

Falsehood

Perversion of truth, suppression of truth; suppressio veri; perversion, distortion, false coloring; exaggeration; prevarication, equivocation, shuffling, fencing, evasion, fraud; suggestio falsi; (lie); mystification; (concealment); simulation; (imitation); dissimulation, dissembling; deceit; blague.

Increase

Noun: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation; (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration exacerbation; spread; (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.

Metaphor

Exaggeration, hyperbole.

Misinterpretation

Misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration; false coloring, false construction; abuse of terms; parody, travesty; falsification; (lying).

Misrepresentation

Noun: misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura, exaggeration; daubing; Verb: bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty.

Overestimation

Noun: overestimation; Verb: exaggeration; vanity; optimism, pessimism, pessimist. much cry and little wool, much ado about nothing; storm in a teacup, tempest in a teacup; fine talking.

Untruth

Forgery, fabrication, invention; misstatement, misrepresentation; perversion, falsification, gloss, suggestio falsi; exaggeration.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Exaggeration

English words defined with "exaggeration": coolExaggerative, Exaggerator, ExaggeratoryhyperboleliterallyOverlashingReachervirtually. (references)
Specialty definitions using "exaggeration": Capper-Volstead Act, Cool Hundredhindered contraction, Histrionic Personality Disorder, hyperreflexialichenificationSpread-eagle Oratory. (references)

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Modern Usage: Exaggeration

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Okay, that is such an exaggeration. I was wearing slippers (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Exaggeration

DomainTitle

Books

  • In Words of Love a Little Exaggeration Is O.K. Bookmark (reference)

  • The Art of exaggeration : Piranesi's perspectives on Rome : Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, February 22-April 15, 1995 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Exaggeration

Computer Images:
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Familiar Quotations: Exaggeration

AuthorQuotation

Hosea Ballou

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Voltaire

Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Exaggeration

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

His manner had no air of study or exaggeration.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Exaggeration

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

It was later found that this was a gross exaggeration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Exaggeration

"Exaggeration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exaggeration" is used about 338 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%33815,594

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Exaggeration

Expression using "exaggeration": puffery exaggeration. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "exaggeration": over-exaggeration.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Exaggeration

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

exaggeration

8

advertising exaggeration

2

depression exaggeration over

2

exaggeration image search

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Exaggeration

Language Translations for "exaggeration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ekzagjerim (canard), zmadhim (aggrandizement, amplification, augment, enhancement, enlargement, increase, magnification, overstatement, power, rise, swelling). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مغالاة (overstatement), ‏مبالغة (aggrandizement, overstatement), ‏عبارة منطوية على مبالغة, ‏إسراف (excess, flamboyance, flamboyancy, improvidence, intemperance, luxury, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, redundance, redundancy, squandering). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

агравация, преувеличение (hyperbole, stretcher, superlative). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

夸大 (Exaggerate, Exaggerated, Exaggerating). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zvelièování, přehánìní (overstatement), nadsázka (hyperbole). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suurentelu, liioittelu. (various references)

   

French

  

extravagance (extravagance), exagération, grossissement. (various references)

   

German

  

übertreibung (hyperbole, inordinacy, inordinateness, overacting, overstatement). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπερβολή (exceeding, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, hype, hyperbola, hyperbole, overstatement, preciosity, superlative). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"פל'" (departure, division, sail, sailing), "פרז" (extravagance, hyperbole), "'זמ" (hyperbole), "באי (nonsense), 'וזמ" (fish story, hyperbole, tall story), פוח (distending, inflated, inflation, puffing, puffy, swollen, tumid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túlzás (excess, excessiveness, extreme, hyperbole, hyperbolism, overstatement, stretching, tall story), nagyítás (aggrandizement, amplification, blow up, enlargement, enlarging, hyperbole, hyperbolism, increase, power, projection print). (various references)

   

Italian

  

esagerazione (aggrandisement, aggrandizement, overstatement). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

誇大 (hyperbole). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おおぎょう (exaggerated), おびれ (addition, caudal fin, tail and fin), おひれ (addition, caudal fin, tail and fin), そう" (bragging, mutual, reciprocal), し"しょうぼう い (making a mountain out of a molehill), か"" (saying too much), かけね (inflated price, overcharge), "しょう (accident, boasting, break-down, call by name, calling out, failure, lakes and marshes, old name, out of order, page, pepper), "ちょう (bloating, butterfly, flatulence), " い (ancient times, hyperbole), オーバー (ball hit over the head of an outfielder, exceeding, going beyond, over, overcoat). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

허'. (various references)

   

Manx

  

mooadaghey (aggravation, amplify, augment, develop, developing, enlarge, escalate, escalation, exaggerate, exaggerator, expand, expansion, extend, extension, gain, grow, increase, increment, magnification, magnify, maximize, mount, multiplication, multiply, swell). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

overdrivelse. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exaggerationay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

exagero (bounce, bouncer, extreme, overstatement). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

exagerare (enhancement, magnification, stretch, superfluity), intensificare (enhancement, exaltation, exasperation, intensification, intension, swell), amplificare (amplification, magnification). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

преувеличение (fish story, hyperbole, overstatement, twister). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

preuveličavanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exageración (intensity, magnification, overstatement). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

överdrift (aggrandizement, excess, extravagance, hyperbole, indulgence, intemperance, overstatement). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การกล่าวเกินจริง. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mübâlağa, büyütme (aggrandizement, amplification, enlargement, magnification, making big, parlay), abartma (aggrandizement, come now, embellishment, hyperbole, overcharge, turgescence), abartı (embroidery, fustian, hyperbole, inflation, overstatement, trimmings), aşırılık (deadliness, dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, extreme, extremism, frenzy, insobriety, intemperance, intenseness, intension, rampancy, vagaries, vagary). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

нагромадження (accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, congestion, packing), погіршення (aggravation, decadence, deterioration, impairment, let down), перебільшення (aggravation, embellishment, hyperbole, outrance, overstatement, stretching, whisker). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự thổi ph"ng (inflation), sự phóng đại (magnification), sự l m to quá khổ, sự cường điệu sự l m quá mức. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gormodiaith (hyperbole). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Exaggeration

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

hyperbole. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Exaggeration

Derivations

Words beginning with "exaggeration": exaggerations. (additional references)

Words ending with "exaggeration": overexaggeration. (additional references)

Words containing "exaggeration": overexaggerations. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Exaggeration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deaggregation, exageration, exagerration, exaggaertion, exaggeraton, exaggertion, exaugeration, exazgeration, exxageration. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Exaggeration"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "exaggeration" (pronounced igza'jerā"shun)
6-j er ā" sh u nrefrigeration.
5-er ā" sh u nfederation, figuration, acceleration, aberration, admiration, adoration, agglomeration, alteration, amelioration, aspiration, cogeneration, collaboration, coloration, commemoration, confederation, configuration, conglomeration, consideration, cooperation, corporation, corroboration, deceleration, declaration, decoration, degeneration, deliberation, desperation, discoloration, elaboration, enumeration, evaporation, exasperation, exhilaration, exoneration, expiration, exploration, generation, inauguration, incarceration, incorporation, inspiration, laceration, liberation, maturation, moderation, nonproliferation, operation, perforation, perspiration, preparation, proliferation, reconfiguration, reconsideration, recuperation, redecoration, regeneration, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, remuneration, reparation, respiration, restoration, reverberation, saturation, separation, toleration.
4-ā" sh u nfacilitation, falsification, fascination, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, filtration, abrogation, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, altercation, amalgamation, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogitation, cohabitation, collectivization, colonization, colorization, combination, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, coordination, coronation, correlation, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, decentralization, decertification, decontamination, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evocation, exacerbation, examination, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhortation, exhumation, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, explanation, explication, exploitation, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, incantation, incapacitation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfirmation, recreation, recrimination, rectification, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refutation, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reinterpretation, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nfaction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Exaggeration

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-g-i-n-o-r-t-x"

-3 letters: aragonite.

-4 letters: aerating, aeration, agiotage, agreeing, anorexia, exerting, exertion, garoting, gratinee, greeting, interage, retaxing.

-5 letters: anagoge, anergia, arenite, engager, engorge, exigent, gearing, genitor, gigaton, granita, granite, grantee, gratine, grating, greaten, greeing, ingrate, integer, naggier, negater, negator, orating, reagent, reginae, retinae, taeniae, tanager, tangier, tearing, trainee, treeing.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-g-g-i-n-o-r-t-x"
 

+1 letter: exaggerations.

 

+4 letters: overexaggerating, overexaggeration.

 

+5 letters: overexaggerations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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