great exaggeration
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Used to describe a significant overstatement.
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- To say he is the best ever is a great exaggeration.
- Calling the minor disagreement a 'war' was a great exaggeration by the media.
- The report's claim of a 500% profit increase was found to be a great exaggeration.
- Come on, saying you 'nearly died' from a cold is a great exaggeration!
- It's a great exaggeration to suggest that the entire project was a failure.
- Don't you think it's a great exaggeration to call him a genius after just one success?
- While his performance was good, describing it as 'legendary' is a great exaggeration that misleads the public.
- Claiming the new policy will solve all our problems would be a great exaggeration.
- The poet's description of the storm as 'apocalyptic' was a great exaggeration, but it created a powerful image.
- In retrospect, I see that my fears were a great exaggeration of the actual risk.