Let's not overstate matters here.
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Overstate
//ˌoʊ.vɚˈsteɪt//
Synonyms for "overstate" (112 found)
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22 translations across 13 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- арттырыу verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преувеличавам verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 言過其實 /言过其实 verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- 誇大 /夸大 verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- 誇張 /夸张 verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Czech
1 entries- přehánět verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Finnish
1 entries- liioitella verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
French
1 entries- exagérer verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
German
1 entries- übertreiben verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Italian
3 entries- esagerare verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- gonfiare verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- sopravvalutare verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Portuguese
1 entries- exagerar verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cuir am meud verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pretjerati verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- pretjerivati verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Spanish
4 entries- exagerar verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- hiperbolizar verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- sobreestimar verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- supervalorar verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Ukrainian
2 entries- перебі́льшити verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
- перебі́льшувати verb (to exaggerate; to state or claim too much)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I don't want to overstate things.
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He's a minor player, but tends to overstate his own importance.
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Tom likes to overstate things.
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