exaggerate

exaggerated contortion of the body

an exaggerated sense of one's importance

You have grossly magnified a trivial situation.See Synonyms at exaggerate

exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.

his exaggerated, precious manner.

they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger.

We can’t exaggerate his scientific attainment.

exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;

Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction.

exaggerated features such as a massive head and beetling brows.

the press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film.

Her hairstyle exaggerates the roundness of her face.

thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.

both she and her daughter were apt to exaggerate any aches and pains.

Some folks never exaggerate---they just remember big.----Audrey Snead 24.