overstate als werkwoord: - 1
overstate
werkwoord
1 overstate
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
synoniemen: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw.
Roget 549:
exaggerate,
magnify,
pile up,
aggravate;
amplify
etc.
(expand)
194;
overestimate
etc.
482;
hyperbolize;
overcharge,
overstate,
overdraw,
overlay,
overshoot the mark,
overpraise;
make over much,
over the most of;
strain,
strain over a point;
stretch,
stretch a point;
go great lengths;
spin a long yarn;
draw with a longbow,
shoot with a longbow;
deal in the marvelous.
out-Herod Herod,
run riot,
talk at random.
heighten,
overcolor†;
color highly,
color too highly;
broder†;
flourish;
color
etc.
(misrepresent)
544;
puff
etc.
(boast)
884.
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Nederlands: chargeren, hyperboliseren, kleuren, opblazen, opkloppen, oppijpen, overdrijven, overtrekken
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: 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 ... meer laten zien.
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