Synonyms for overstate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-steyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪt |
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Définition of overstate
Origin :- 1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see over- + state (n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from state (v.). Related: Overstated, overstating.
- verb exaggerate
- It is not my wish to overstate it; yet I leave you to imagine what the risk may be.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- As it was, I had an affection for him which it would not be easy for me to overstate.
- Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
- All such phrases as these must appear of course to overstate the case.
- Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
- Yet it would be easy to overstate the lawlessness of the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- While recognising this trait, then, let us not overstate either it or its consequences.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley
- Do you think that I overstate the perils of places of this kind?
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- I noticed that he did not overstate anything, but spoke within bounds.
- Extract from : « A Plea for Captain John Brown » by Henry David Thoreau
- And it would be easy to overstate that thesis in such a way as to make it untrue.
- Extract from : « Montaigne and Shakspere » by John M. Robertson
- It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- The most telling way of making a statement is to overstate it.
- Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins
Antonyms for overstate
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