exaggerator
exaggerator — noun
1. A person who habitually describes events, things, or situations as being larger,
A person who habitually describes events, things, or situations as being larger, more important, or more extreme than they really are.
Obi tells such wild stories about his fishing trips that everyone calls him an exaggerator.
pattern: call + [person] + an exaggerator
Yuki said her fish was as big as a car — everyone called her an exaggerator.
pattern: [exaggerated claim] — everyone called [person] an exaggerator
The journalist was an exaggerator who turned every small problem into an exciting disaster story.
Ritu called Jack an exaggerator after he said the coffee queue stretched two kilometres.
Kabir admitted he was an exaggerator when he described his basketball skills to new teammates.
- dramatizer
suggests adding emotional drama rather than simply magnifying facts
- embellisher
implies adding attractive but invented details, especially in storytelling
- overstater
more neutral and less common; used in formal or analytical writing
- show-off
informal; focuses on the desire for attention rather than the act of overstating
- understater
someone who habitually downplays or minimizes things
文法句型
exaggerator + optional postmodifier (who-clause)
用法筆記
Less common than the verb 'exaggerate' or the noun 'exaggeration'. Frequently used after the verb 'call' in the pattern 'call + [person] + an exaggerator'.