6
distorting(verb, adjective, misrepresenting, overestimating)
5
aggrandizing(verb, adjective, overestimating)
5
heightening(verb, intensifying)
5
magnifying(verb, adjective, intensifying)
4
exaggerate
4
overstating
4
stretching
3
embellishing(verb, overestimating)
3
embroidering(verb, overestimating)
3
hyperbolizing(verb, overestimating)
3
increasing(verb, intensifying)
3
inflating
3
intensifying(verb, intensifying)
3
magnification
3
make mountains out of molehills(verb, expression, idiom, amplify, overstate)
3
overestimating(verb, overestimating)
2
amplifying
2
emphasizing(verb, intensifying)
2
enhancing
2
enlargement
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