EXAGGERATE  誇張

SPEAK so as to SEEM to CAUSE OTHERS TO BELIEVE that THINGS are GREATER in SIZE, DEGREE of FEATURES, OR IMPORTANCE than they REALLY are.
OVERSTATEOVEREMPHASIZEOVERESTIMATEMAGNIFYAMPLIFYAGGRANDIZEINFLATEEMBELLISHEMBROIDERELABORATEOVERPLAYDRAMATIZEHYPERBOLIZESTRETCH THE TRUTHINFORMAL LAY IT ON THICKMAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILLBLOW OUT OF ALL PROPORTIONBLOW UPMAKE A BIG THING OF
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
See also
  • EXTRAVAGANTWASTE:wasteful so as to OFTEN EXCESSIVELY USE PROPERTY OR MONEY FOR AMUSEMENT.
    • CHEATCRIME of CAUSING OTHERS TO BELIEVE to be TRUE what one KNOWS is NOT TRUE AND TYPICALLY to CAUSE THEM THEREFORE TO SUFFER DAMAGE.
      • EXCESSIVEINTENSELY to a MORE than APPROPRIATELY BIG DEGREE.
          Hyponym
          • BOAST　EXAGGERATE, OR SPEAK of, one's SELF:own GOOD FEATURES OR ACHIEVEMENTS.
            Old Chinese Criteria
            1. The general word for exaggeration is kuā 誇.

            2. Huāng táng 荒唐 refers to an extravagant and exaggerated use of language. See EXTRAVAGANT

            Modern Chinese Criteria
            誇張 is the current modern word for exaggeration.

            誇大 is another current word which focusses on the enlarging aspect of exaggeration.

            虛誇 focussed the unwarranted nature of exaggeration.

            浮誇 focusses the arbitrary nature of exaggeration.

            誇飾 focusses on the factor of embellishment in exaggeration.

            誇耀 refers to exaggerating one's own good points, and is close to BOAST.

            誇大其詞 (prov) refers idiomatically to the practice of exaggeration.

            張大其詞 (prov) refers idiomatically to the practice of exaggeration.

            過甚其詞 (prov) refers in an elevated idiomatic way to the practice of exaggeration.

            言過其實 (prov) refers matter-of-factly but idiomatically to the practice of exaggeration.

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            rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

            Old Chinese Contrasts
            Note how much less we need UNDERSTATE!

              Words

              誇  kuā OC: khʷraa MC: khɣɛ
              夸  kuā OC: khʷraa MC: khɣɛ 7 AttributionsWD

              The general word for exaggeration is kuā 誇.

                Word relations

                Syntactic words
              • viactmake big words, exaggerate; be grandiloquent; be boastful
              • vtoNbrag in front of
              多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoN.post-Npropsychoverestimate one's own N
              大  dà OC: daads MC: dɑi 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNexaggerate 自大其事
              廣  guǎng OC: kʷaaŋʔ MC: kɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNputativehave an exaggerated view of (oneself)
              荒唐  huāng táng OC: hmaaŋ ɡ-laaŋ MC: hɑŋ dɑŋ 1 AttributionWD

              Huāng táng 荒唐 refers to an extravagant and exaggerated use of language. See EXTRAVAGANT

                Syntactic words
              • vadNexaggerated, extravagant
              虛誕  xū dàn OC: qhla laanʔ MC: hi̯ɤ dɑn 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPibe hyperbolicl, be fictitious and exaggerated
              唐  táng OC: ɡ-laaŋ MC: dɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vadNexaggerated (only in 荒唐)
              渥  wò OC: qrooɡ MC: ʔɣɔk 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNexaggerate the importance of
              張  zhāng OC: krlaŋ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNmagnify; exaggerate

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