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over-states
verb as in magnify
verb as in misrepresent/misquote
Weak matches
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
verb as in overdo
Strong matches
verb as in overplay
verb as in overstate
verb as in pad
verb as in blow up
Weak matches
verb as in misrepresent
Strong matches
verb as in color
verb as in dramatize
verb as in embellish
verb as in embroider
Strongest match
Strong matches
verb as in fudge
verb as in gush
Strongest match
verb as in magnify
verb as in misrepresent/misquote
Weak matches
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
verb as in overdo
Strong matches
verb as in overplay
verb as in overstate
verb as in pad
verb as in blow up
Weak matches
verb as in misrepresent
Strong matches
verb as in color
verb as in dramatize
verb as in embellish
verb as in embroider
Strongest match
Strong matches
verb as in fudge
verb as in gush
Strongest match
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Example Sentences
Stories set in fly-over states, about infidelity, unplanned pregnancies, and drinking too much.
Here, surely, Poe is over-modest; at least he over-states the case against himself.
And that this little book under-states the case rather than over-states it, can be proved by a mass of contemporary evidence.
It was defectiv in the article of legislating over States, instead of individuals.
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On this page you'll find 468 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-states, such as: aggravate, enhance, inflate, overestimate, overstate, and boost.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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