# exaggerating

Pronunciation: say "eg-ZAJ-uh-rayt-ing" /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of exaggerate. — present participle and gerund of exaggerate
   - Simple: Present participle of exaggerate. Use this form for something happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _He kept exaggerating the dangers of the trip to frighten his friends._
   - _The reporters were accused of exaggerating the scale of the protest._

## Adjective

2. Inclined to overstate things, or having the effect of making something seem greater than it really is; overblown.
   - Simple: Making things sound or seem bigger, worse, or more important than they really are.
   - _His exaggerating gestures filled the whole stage during the comic monologue._
   - _She has an exaggerating habit that makes her fishing stories hard to believe._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exaggerating (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).