Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exaggeration

/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ag-ger-a-tion
IPA: /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of heaping or piling up.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin aggerō Latin exaggerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exaggerātiōbor. English exaggeration Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.

Usage

Inflected Forms

exaggerations (plural)

Derived Forms

counterexaggeration nonexaggeration overexaggeration

Synonyms

overstatement hyperbole magnification

Antonyms

trivialization understatement

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce exaggeration?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/.
What does exaggeration mean?: The act of heaping or piling up.
Where does exaggeration come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin aggerō Latin exaggerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exaggerātiōbor. English exaggeration Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.

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