exaggerating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
    • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
  2. verb do something to an excessive degree
    overdo; exaggerate.
    • He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups

WordNet

Ex*ag"ger*a`ting adjective
Definitions
  1. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv.

Webster 1913