Thesaurus / over state
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synonyms for over state
- 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
- exaggerate
- overestimate
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overuse
- overvalue
- amplify
- belabor
- fatigue
- hype
- magnify
- overburden
- overindulge
- overload
- overtax
- overtire
- overwork
- pressure
- puff
- stretch
- be intemperate
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- go overboard
- go too far
- lay it on
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- pile on
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- exaggerate
- maximize
- overdo
- overemphasize
- overstate
- overuse
- accent
- accentuate
- dramatize
- hyperbolize
- magnify
- mug
- overact
- overdraw
- overstress
- overwork
- stretch
- blow out of proportion
- get carried away
- ham it up
- labor at
- lay it on thick
- point up
- show off
- amplify
- emphasize
- heighten
- inflate
- magnify
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- boast
- boost
- brag
- embellish
- embroider
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- fudge
- hike
- lie
- misquote
- pad
- puff
- blow out of proportion
- build up
- lay it on thick
- misreport
- play up
- augment
- embellish
- fudge
- inflate
- overstate
- bulk
- embroider
- enlarge
- exaggerate
- expand
- increase
- lengthen
- magnify
- overdraw
- protract
- spin
- stretch
- fill out
- flesh out
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- exaggerate
- falsify
- misinterpret
- misstate
- overstate
- skew
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- blarney
- cheese
- cloak
- color
- con
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- garble
- mangle
- mask
- overdraw
- palter
- pervert
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- slant
- snow
- stretch
- twist
- warp
- blow smoke
- build up
- miscolor
- misreport
- phony up
- trump up
- belie
- embroider
- magnify
- taint
- warp
- angle
- disguise
- doctor
- fake
- falsify
- fudge
- garble
- misrepresent
- misstate
- overstate
- pad
- pervert
- prejudice
- slant
- twist
- cook up
- gloss over
- amplify
- exaggerate
- overstate
- act
- burlesque
- enact
- execute
- overdo
- perform
- playact
- present
- produce
- show
- splash
- stage
- farcialize
- give color to
- ham it up
- lay it on
- make a production of
- melodramatize
- play on heartstrings
- play to gallery
- play up
- tragedize
- adorn
- bedeck
- dress up
- embroider
- exaggerate
- festoon
- gild
- overstate
- spiff up
- amplify
- array
- beautify
- color
- deck
- elaborate
- enhance
- enrich
- fudge
- garnish
- grace
- magnify
- ornament
- trim
- add bells and whistles
- emblaze
- fix up
- give details
- gussy up
- spruce up
- embellish
- aggrandize
- amplify
- color
- distend
- dramatize
- elaborate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- falsify
- fudge
- heighten
- hyperbolize
- lie
- magnify
- overdo
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- puff
- romanticize
- stretch
- blow-up
- build up
- make federal case
- make mountain out of molehill
- overelaborate
- overembellish
- play up
- spread on thick
- stretch the truth
- yeast
- evade
- exaggerate
- falsify
- overstate
- avoid
- color
- dodge
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- hedge
- magnify
- pad
- patch
- shuffle
- slant
- stall
- cook up
- rave
- babble
- blather
- chatter
- effervesce
- effuse
- enthuse
- jabber
- overstate
- prate
- prattle
- carry on about
- fall all over
- go on about
- make a to-do over
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- compress
- contract
- decrease
- ignore
- lessen
- play down
- abridge
- deprecate
- lower
- reduce
- shrink
- simplify
- tell the truth
- abbreviate
- abridge
- compress
- curtail
- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- lower
- play down
- reduce
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
- abridge
- compress
- condense
- contract
- curtail
- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- lower
- reduce
- shorten
- shrink
- simplify
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How to use over state in a sentence
It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYAll over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKAfter we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEAfter relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUThe president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSWhen we were mounted Mac leaned over and muttered an admonitory word for Piegan's ear alone.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIREverything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYFirst a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONAll the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS