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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
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