English-Thai Dictionary

exaggeration

N การ กล่าวเกินจริง  kan-klao-koen-jing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXAGGERATION

n.A heaping together; heap; accumulation. 1. In rhetoric, amplification; a representation of things beyond the truth; hyperbolical representation, whether of good or evil.
2. In painting, a method of giving a representation of things too strong for the life.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXAGGERATION

Ex *ag `ger *a "tion, n. Etym: [L. exaggeratio: cf. F. exagération. ]

 

1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs. ] "Exaggeration of sand. " Sir M. Hale.

 

2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.

 

3. (Paint. )

 

Defn: A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exaggeration

ex ag ger a tion |igˌzajəˈrāSHən ɪɡzæʤəˈreɪʃn | ▶noun a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is: it would be an exaggeration to say I had morning sickness, but I did feel queasy. • the action of making such statements: he was prone to exaggeration.

 

Oxford Dictionary

exaggeration

ex |ag ¦ger |ation |ɪgˌzadʒəˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is: it would be an exaggeration to say I had morning sickness, but I did feel queasy. • [ mass noun ] the action of making exaggerations: he was prone to exaggeration.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exaggeration

exaggeration noun his testimony was a laughable mix of contradiction and exaggeration: overstatement, overemphasis, magnification, amplification, aggrandizement; dramatization, elaboration, embellishment, embroidery, hyperbole, overkill, gilding the lily.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exaggeration

exaggeration noun the debate is characterized by confusion and exaggeration: overstatement, overemphasis, magnification, amplification, aggrandizement, overplaying, dramatization, overdramatization, enhancement, elaboration, over-elaboration, embellishment, over-embellishment, embroidery, hyperbole, overkill, gilding the lily; informal purple prose, puffery.

 

Duden Dictionary

Exaggeration

Ex ag ge ra ti on Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Exaggerati o n |die Exaggeration; Genitiv: der Exaggeration, Plural: die Exaggerationen lateinisch unangemessen übertriebene Darstellung von Krankheitserscheinungen

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exaggeration

ex à g ger á tion 名詞 1 C 誇張表現 ▸ It is no exaggeration [not an exaggeration ] to say that ……といっても過言ではない .2 U 誇張 ; 過大視 [評価 ].