English to afrikaans meaning of

exaggeration

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "oordrywing" is 'n handeling van oorbeklemtoning of oorbeklemtoning van iets buite die werklike of werklike belangrikheid, omvang of betekenis daarvan. Dit verwys na om iets groter, belangriker, meer dramaties of meer ekstreem te laat lyk as wat dit werklik is, dikwels vir retoriese of dramatiese effek. Oordrywing kan die verhoging van die grootte, intensiteit, frekwensie of duur van iets behels bo wat as normaal of redelik beskou word. Dit kan ook die gebruik van hiperbool, oorbeklemtoning of versiering behels om 'n gevoel van oordrywing te skep.

Sentence Examples

  1. And saying they expected me to be living with them for more than five minutes was, at the least, a gross exaggeration.
  2. In some of the others there is a good deal of exaggeration.
  3. Many are prone to gross exaggeration when it comes to associations with the famous.
  4. Like everything else in these romances, it is a gross exaggeration of the real sentiment of chivalry, but its peculiar extravagance is probably due to the influence of those masters of hyperbole, the Provencal poets.
  5. There are virtues which become crimes by exaggeration.
  6. The struggle in the smoke had pictured an exaggeration of itself on the bleached cheeks and in the eyes wild with one desire.
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