To speak beautifully and coherently, using various literary techniques in speech, you need to constantly work on expanding the active and passive vocabulary. What needs to be done for this? First of all, read fiction and journalistic literature. In addition, it is useful to work with explanatory dictionaries. For example, take the verb "exaggerate." What does this word mean? Is it possible to choose synonyms and antonyms for it?
The lexical meaning of the verb "exaggerate"
The word “exaggerate”, which came to us from the French, means intentionally exaggerating something.
For example: I certainly exaggerate, saying that everyone has risen up against me, but there is some truth in these words.
Morphological characteristics
To exaggerate is a transitive verb of an imperfect form, the first conjugation.
| Face | Past time | Present | Future |
| I | I exaggerated a little. | I often exaggerate successfully. | I will not exaggerate. |
| You | Why are you exaggerating? | What are you constantly exaggerating? | Will you always exaggerate or stop in literary sophistication? |
| He she it | Didn't he exaggerate? | She often exaggerates, but she never cheats. | Evgeny Aleksandrovich will not exaggerate in vain. |
| we | We exaggerated a little, but the essence of the incident remained unchanged. | We all exaggerate when necessary. | Talking about something important and significant, we will exaggerate and downplay, depending on the situation. |
| You | What exactly did you exaggerate? | I think you are exaggerating a little. | Remember, you will never exaggerate again. |
| They are | They exaggerated not specifically. | Girls always exaggerate. | Sorry, I will no longer exaggerate. |
Synonyms
You can pick up several synonyms for this verb:
- Fanning: This case was inflated to the size of the Eiffel Tower.
- To exaggerate: Without exaggeration, I can say that the light came down on you, I can’t and will not think of anyone else.
- Thicken the paint: Alice deliberately thickened the paint in order to quickly convey her thoughts to the audience.
Antonyms
Choosing the antonyms for "exaggerate" is also not difficult. They all have the opposite meaning to the word "exaggerate." That is - to "downplay", "reduce".
Examples of offers
Carefully study the examples below and make your own sentences with the word "exaggerate":
- What kind of speech, stop exaggerating everything.
- Sometimes people intentionally exaggerate information, thicken their colors to seem more significant.
- Talking about an event, Ivan, to make it more interesting, began to exaggerate.
- That it turns out, you always exaggerate, and I, such simplicity, I believe you.