| Main Entry: | overdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to extremes; carry too far |
Synonyms: |
amplify, be intemperate, belabor, bite off too much, do to death, drive oneself, exaggerate, fatigue, go overboard, go too far, hype, lay it on, magnify, make federal case, not know when to stop, overburden, overestimate, overindulge, overload, overplay, overrate, overreach, overstate, overtax, overtire, overuse, overvalue, overwork, pile on, pressure, puff, run into the ground, run riot, strain oneself, stretch, talk big, wear down, wear oneself out |
| Notes: | overdo means to do something to an excessive degree, while overdue means not paid at the scheduled time or past due |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | dramatize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a performance of |
Synonyms: |
act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, farcialize, give color to, ham it up, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, overdo, overstate, perform, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, play up, playact, present, produce, show, splash, stage, tragedize |
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate information |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast |
| 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: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
Antonyms: |
animate, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | luxuriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indulge, prosper |
Synonyms: |
abound, bask, be in clover, bloom, burgeon, delight, eat up, enjoy, feast, flourish, grow, increase, live extravagantly, live high on hog, live in luxury, live it up, love, overdo, relish, revel, riot, roll, rollick, take it easy, thrive, wallow, wanton |
Antonyms: |
refrain |
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate, blow out of proportion |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, blow up, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge, inflate, make mountain of molehill, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate, overstress, pad, puff up, pyramid |
Antonyms: |
diminish, play down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | overplay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be dramatic |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, blow out of proportion, dramatize, exaggerate, get carried away, ham it up, hyperbolize, labor at, lay it on thick, magnify, maximize, mug, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up, show off*, stretch |
Antonyms: |
play down |
| 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: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under physical or mental pressure |
Synonyms: |
afflict, burden, crunch, distend, force, fret, hassle, overdo, overextend, pull, put in traction, put on trial, spring, strain, stretch, tense, tense up, traumatize, worry |