21
hyperbole(noun, exaggeration, speech, stress, embellishment)
14
embellishment(noun, lie, excess, exaggeration, decoration)
14
exaggeration(noun, increase, praise, fancy, line)
10
magnification(noun, increase, praise, fancy, line)
9
caricature(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
7
colouring
6
aggrandizement(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
6
distortion(noun, exaggeration, hype, metaphor)
6
enlargement(noun, increase, praise, fancy, line)
5
amplification(noun, increase, praise, fancy, line)
5
extravagance(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
5
fancy(line, excess, exaggeration, embellishment, hyperbole)
5
fish story(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, line)
4
aggrandisement
4
big talk(noun, expression, idiom, exaggeration, hype)
4
burlesque(noun, exaggeration)
4
coloring(noun, fancy, line, stretch, excess)
4
embroidery(noun, fancy, excess, exaggeration, decoration)
4
enhancement(noun, exaggeration, decoration, ornamentation, coloring)
4
inflation(noun, fancy, line, excess, exaggeration)
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