embroider
- verb (v)
Meaning: exaggerate information
Synonyms:
aggrandize
amplify
blow-up
build up
color
distend
dramatize
elaborate
embellish
enhance
enlarge
expand
falsify
fudge
heighten
hyperbolize
lie
magnify
make federal case
make mountain out of molehill
overdo
overelaborate
overembellish
overemphasize
overestimate
overstate
pad
play up
puff
romanticize
spread on thick
stretch
stretch the truth
yeast
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