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| go on |
used as a good-natured rejection of excess flattery, exaggeration, or teasing. [1/6 definitions] |
| hype |
an instance or practice of exaggeration or extravagant techniques used to sell or promote. [1/4 definitions] |
| hyperbole |
in rhetoric, an obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, intended for effect and not to be taken literally, such as "He had a million excuses". (Cf. litotes.) |
| hyperbolize |
to use hyperbole or exaggeration in speaking or writing. [2 definitions] |
| literally |
without exaggeration; in complete truth; really. [1/2 definitions] |
| malarkey |
(informal) exaggeration or foolishness; nonsense. |
| melodrama |
a drama, or type of drama, characterized by exaggeration in the writing, production, and acting, and including much suspense and sentimentality. [1/2 definitions] |
| overexaggeration |
combined form of exaggeration. |
| restraint |
the quality of being emotionally reserved; graceful constraint of one's feelings; freedom from exaggeration. [1/4 definitions] |
| snow job |
(slang) an attempt to persuade or deceive by using flattery or exaggeration. |
| tall |
(informal) hard to believe; full of exaggeration. [1/6 definitions] |
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