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11falsify — v 1. misrepresent, misstate, misquote; pervert, distort, adulterate; overstate, overdo, overstress, overcharge, overcolor; hyperbolize, overdraw, exaggerate, stretch, stretch the point, strain, (of writing or speech) pad; color, paint, paint in… …
12inflate — v 1. dilate, distend, overdistend, Obs. suf flate, aerate; swell, bloat, puff out, blow up, pump up, tumefy; expand, overexpand, stretch, stretch out, outstretch; spread, spread out, outspread; grow, wax, fill out, fatten. 2. increase, enlarge,… …
13load — n 1. contents, merchandise, goods, stuff; burden, charge, weight; boatload, shipload, Chiefly U.S. carload, wagonload, truckload; lading, U.S. and Canada. freight, freightage, haul. 2. burden, weight, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty,… …
14overact — v Theat. Sl. ham or ham up; affect, put on, counterfeit, sham, make a show of; overdo, overstress, overcharge, overcolor, overstate, make a mountain out of a molehill, make much ado about nothing, make much of; color, paint, paint in glowing… …
15overcharge — v 1. charge too much, Sl. soak, Sl. sting, cheat, Inf. gyp, rook, short change, Sl. rip off; Sl. take, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do, Sl. burn. 2. overload, overlade, fill too full, fill to the brim or gills, fill to overflowing,… …
16overreact — v 1. exaggerate, make a mountain out of a molehill, make much ado about nothing, make a big thing out of nothing; enlarge, Inf. blow up, blow out of all proportion; overplay, overact, carry on; stretch out, overstretch, overcolor. 2. get excited …
17overstate — v exaggerate, overdo, make much of, overstress; hyperbolize, overdraw, color, overcolor, stretch the point, heighten, draw larger than life; enhance, Inf. touch up, expand, magnify, Inf. blow up, inflate, stretch, Inf. draw the longbow; amplify,… …
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