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romanticizes - 2 thesaurus results
Main Entry: embroider
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate information
Synonyms: aggrandize, amplify, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge*, heighten, lie, magnify, overdo, overstate, pad*, play up*, puff*, stretch, yeast*, blow-up, hyperbolize, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch the truth
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: exaggerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: overstate, embellish
Synonyms: amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize
Antonyms: depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate
* = informal/non-formal usage
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