(~s, exaggerating, ~d)
1.
If you ~, you indicate that something is, for example, worse or more important than it really is.
He thinks I’m exaggerating...
Sheila admitted that she did sometimes ~ the demands of her job.
VERB: V, V n
exaggeration (exaggerations)
Like many stories about him, it smacks of exaggeration...
It would be an exaggeration to call the danger urgent.
N-VAR
2.
If something ~s a situation, quality, or feature, it makes the situation, quality, or feature appear greater, more obvious, or more important than it really is.
These figures ~ the loss of competitiveness...
VERB: V n