overstatementnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈsteɪt.mənt//ˈəʊ.vəˌsteɪt.mənt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt.mənt//ˈoʊ.vɚˌsteɪt.mənt/the act of describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more important or more serious than it really is:
It would be an overstatement to say that she deserved to win the race.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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