EXAGGERATE

[verb] - to make (something) seem larger, more important, better or worse than it really isThe threat of attack has been greatly exaggerated. [T]A spokeswoman said that the pollution caused by the factory had been grossly/wildly exaggerated by environmentalists. [T]The recovery in oil sales has exaggerated the improvement on last month's trade deficit. [T]I've told you a million times not to exaggerate. [I]