exaggerate

exagérer

Présenter quelque chose comme plus grand, meilleur, pire ou plus important qu’en réalité.

En anglais simple : To make something seem bigger, better, worse, or more important than it really is.

• The picture exaggerates his nose.
• She exaggerated the importance of her role.
• Dark lighting can exaggerate the effect of wrinkles.

Synonymes : overstate, magnify, overplay

Contraires : understate, downplay

Expressions courantes : exaggerate the effects, exaggerate the importance, exaggerate a story, exaggerate wildly