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over-statement

noun as in overstatement

Strongest match

noun as in overstatement

Strongest match

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Example Sentences

Prudence restrained the Countess from any over-statement that might afterwards be disproved.

It was almost the show-example, he would tell you, of Browning's chief defect—over-statement.

This may, I think, be regarded as a picturesque over-statement of what is in the main true.

The appearance of truth free from any semblance of over-statement is a first requisite.

Over statement is very dangerous; under statement subtly powerful.

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On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over statement, such as: bunk, cock-and-bull story, embellishment, exaggeration, farfetched story, and incredible story.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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