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Main Entry: exaggerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: overstate, embellish

Synonyms:

amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up*

Antonyms:

depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate
Main Entry: falsify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: alter, misrepresent

Synonyms:

adulterate, belie, change, color, con, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, counterfeit, deacon, deceive, deny, distort, doctor, dress up, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, fake, fake it, fib, forge, four-flush, frame up, garble, gloss, lie, misquote, misstate, palter, pervert, phony up, prevaricate, promote, put on an act, salt, tamper with, traverse, trump up, twist, warp
Main Entry: garble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mix up, misrepresent

Synonyms:

belie, color, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, jumble, misinterpret, mislead, misquote, misstate, mutilate, obscure, pervert, slant, tamper with, twist, warp

Antonyms:

decipher, order, pronounce, represent, translate, unscramble
Main Entry: misrepresent/misquote
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie, distort

Synonyms:

adulterate, angle, beard, belie, build up, cloak, color, con, confuse, cover up, disguise, distort, dress, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, garble, give snow job, mangle, mask, miscolor, misinterpret, misreport, misstate, overdraw, overstate, palter, pervert, phony up, pirate*, prevaricate, promote, puff, skew, slant, snow*, spread it on, stretch, take out of context, throw a curve, trump up, twist, warp

Antonyms:

be forthright, be honest, explain
Main Entry: overstate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate

Synonyms:

amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge, heighten, hike, inflate, lay it on thick, lie, magnify, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, play up, puff
Main Entry: twist
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: misrepresent

Synonyms:

alter, belie, change, color, contort, distort, falsify, garble, misquote, misstate, pervert, warp

Antonyms:

explain, explicate
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