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
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. 夸 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BOAST　EXAGGERATE, OR SPEAK of, one's SELF:own GOOD FEATURES OR ACHIEVEMENTS. (anc: 14/0, child: 0)
    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.
    Hypernym
    • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
    • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
    • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

    Words (9 items)

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

    The general word for exaggeration is kuā 誇.

      Word relations

      Syntactic words
    • viactmake big words, exaggerate; be grandiloquent; be boastful
    • vtoNbrag in front of
    荒唐  huāng táng OC: hmaaŋ ɡ-laaŋ MC: hɑŋ dɑŋ 1 Attribution

    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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe hyperbolicl, be fictitious and exaggerated
    多  duō OC: k-laal MC: tɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.post-Npropsychoverestimate one's own N
    大  dà OC: daads MC: dɑi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNexaggerate 自大其事
    廣  guǎng OC: kʷaaŋʔ MC: kɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNputativehave an exaggerated view of (oneself)
    唐  táng OC: ɡ-laaŋ MC: dɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNexaggerated (only in 荒唐)
    張  zhāng OC: krlaŋ MC: ʈi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmagnify; exaggerate
    渥  wò OC: qrooɡ MC: ʔɣɔk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNexaggerate the importance of