wild exaggeration
Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words
Suggests an overstatement that is fanciful or not based in reality.
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Examples (10)
- His claim that he caught a fish 'this big' was a wild exaggeration.
- The newspaper's headline was a wild exaggeration of the actual events.
- Calling it the 'worst disaster ever' is a wild exaggeration.
- Her description of the party as 'absolutely magical' was a wild exaggeration.
- The politician's promise to solve all problems was a wild exaggeration.
- It's a wild exaggeration to say the movie was completely unwatchable.
- The advertisement's claims about instant results were wild exaggeration.
- His story about meeting a celebrity was clearly a wild exaggeration.
- The review calling it 'life-changing' seemed like wild exaggeration.
- Don't believe her tale about the traffic - it's pure wild exaggeration.