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To exaggerate or be dramatic in one's expression or behavior
To perform or posture in an exaggerated manner, seeking attention and approval
To present a portrayal of
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
To make a performance of
To feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance
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To exaggerate or be dramatic in one's expression or behavior
overact
exaggerate
melodramatize
overplay
ham
burlesque
caricature
emote
theatricalize
travesty
overdo it
chew the scenery
tear a cat
chew up the scenery
lay it on thick
dramatize
US
dramatise
UK
overdo
overemphasize
US
pile it on
overdramatize
overemphasise
UK
lay it on with a trowel
mug
blow up out of all proportion
catastrophize
make a mountain out of a molehill
overstate the case
give someone a sob story
make a production of
camp it up
overplay it
go overboard
express emotion
act
overstate
magnify
overstress
hyperbolize
overdraw
stretch
overpitch
accentuate
overuse
maximize
US
blow out of proportion
get carried away
labor at
point up
accent
maximise
UK
overwork
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“Michael Clarke Duncan and Colin Farrell
ham it up
in support roles, but they're still buried by the loud, over-edited sludge that is the film's style.”
Verb
▲
To perform or posture in an exaggerated manner, seeking attention and approval
play to the gallery
perform
posture
play to the crowd
play up
put on an act
show off
play to the cheap seats
Verb
▲
To present a portrayal of
perform
depict
portray
act
impersonate
interpret
appear
emote
ham
personate
playact
play
represent
do
enact
masquerade as
pose as
play the part of
tread the boards
execute
present
be
render
appear as
play-act
star as
pretend to be
carry out
take the role of
act the part of
play a gig
read a part
take the part of
role-play
imitate
characterize
US
mime
mimic
personify
dramatize
US
burlesque
strut
dramatise
UK
parody
characterise
UK
stooge
rehearse
star
play a part
take part
mug
go over
play gig
play part
play act
go on
be on
make debut
act out
play role
put it over
be an actor
do a turn
put on an act
be an actress
bring down the house
be one of the cast
stage
produce
mount
show
put on
ape
mock
caricature
copy
satirize
US
give
spoof
travesty
lampoon
fake
ditto
monkey
satirise
UK
play out
send up
take off
feature
make fun of
do an impression of
play a role
costar
work out
imagine
work through
manifest
exhibit
display
evince
emulate
ridicule
copycat
parrot
sham
achieve
appear in
reenact
adapt
pantomime
come onstage
come on stage
take part in
picture
image
make believe
do like
improvise
go like
do an impersonation of
headline
offer
carry
direct
open
strut one's stuff
appear on stage
entertain
bring out
put before the public
lead
play the lead
take the lead
be showcased
head the cast
figure
top the bill
mirror
embody
pass oneself off as
make like
act like
profess to be
pass off
purport to be
represent oneself as
assume character
act a part
double as
dress as
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Verb
▲
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
lay it on
exaggerate
overstate
embellish
embroider
overdo
pile on
overdo it
over-praise
soft-soap
embellish the truth
give fulsome praise
pay extravagant compliments
pile it on
stretch the truth
sweet-talk
lay it on thick
lay on with a trowel
lay it on with a trowel
lay it on with a shovel
overstate the case
Verb
▲
To make a performance of
dramatize
US
exaggerate
overstate
embellish
magnify
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
amplify
overdo
embroider
overplay
inflate
hyperbolize
color
US
colour
UK
elaborate
overstress
aggrandize
catastrophize
heighten
perform
gild
act
burlesque
melodramatize
playact
present
stage
execute
produce
sensationalise
UK
sensationalize
US
show
splash
lay it on thick
blow up
blow up out of all proportion
touch up
play up
dress up
ham up
play-act
make a big thing out of
expand on
lay on
lay it on
make a production of
play to gallery
play to the gallery
make a performance of
give color to
play on heartstrings
overdraw
make a mountain out of a molehill
stretch
pad
overestimate
build up
fudge
enhance
puff
expand
enlarge
falsify
emphasize
US
fabricate
emphasise
UK
stretch the truth
make too much of something
elaborate on
lay it on with a trowel
blow out of proportion
boost
overpitch
exalt
misrepresent
pyramid
misreport
lie
overdramatize
romanticize
US
pile it on
romanticise
UK
make a big thing of
fake
put on
blow something out of all proportion
make a production out of
overact
overuse
overvalue
distort
intensify
oversell
maximize
US
brag
boast
overwork
misquote
hike
varnish
maximise
UK
overrate
overembellish
over-elaborate
add colour
make a federal case of
lay it on with a shovel
flesh out
draw the longbow
shoot a line
draw the long bow
make federal case
make a drama out of a crisis
make a big deal out of something
accentuate
emphasize too much
overelaborate
puff up
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
make a mountain out of
overstate the case
mug
accent
magnify importance
add detail to
add flesh to
augment
point up
enlarge on
increase
blow-up
jazz up
extend
swell
escalate
exaggerate information
give someone a sob story
widen
fill
bloat
balloon
spread
get carried away
labor at
emote
belabour
UK
belabor
US
novelize
express emotion
fictionalise
UK
fictionalize
US
overreach
pump up
hype
beef up
drive up
swell up
overload
disguise
pile on
manipulate
pervert
garble
make a big thing about
go overboard with
bend
misrelate
poison
misstate
massage
strain
airbrush
belie
talk big
go overboard
make a thing about
go too far
make a thing of
cook
misinterpret
quote out of context
put a spin on
give a false account of
gloss over
take out of context
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
romance
scam
cook up
pretty up
go to extremes
loud talk
pile it on about
lay it on thick about
big up
lay it on with a trowel about
dramatise
UK
deepen
strengthen
aggravate
stress
multiply
step up
raise
redouble
compound
overdo it
exacerbate
add to
intensate
advance
worsen
accelerate
rise
ham
labor
US
labour
UK
reinforce
highlight
consolidate
underline
broaden
make worse
dwell on
harp on
jack up
chew the scenery
tear a cat
hike up
amp up
attach too much importance to
run up
attach too much weight to
mount
develop
spin
mushroom
supplement
stoke
quicken
supersize
dilate
brighten
sharpen
fill out
impress
inflame
snowball
rouse
mark up
expound on
go on about
lay too much emphasis on
harp on about
jump up
place too much emphasis on
drive home
go on
interlard
blow up out of proportion
detail
expound
evolve
give details
allow too much for
distend
explicate
sweeten
lift
hasten
concentrate
better
overplay it
camp it up
promote
acclaim
push up
stretch a point
fester
applaud
praise
give substance to
bump up
goose up
put up
shoot up
fetch up
send through the roof
idealize
US
overwrite
overcharge
complicate
gain strength
pick up
lighten
pour it on
set off
spike
darken
add fuel
run high
whet
heat up
point
tone up
heap on
lay too much stress on
add fuel to the flames
add fuel to the fire
rub salt in the wound
fan the flames of
add insult to injury
idealise
UK
overcalculate
go on and on about
over-embroider
over-embellish
go over the top about
add
over-praise
soft-soap
expatiate
grace
coat
adorn
deck
enrich
embellish the truth
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
burgeon
grow
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
lay on with a trowel
proliferate
paint
begild
plate
bourgeon
appreciate
aureate
turn up
accumulate
make much of
climb
soup up
boom
travesty
theatricalize
gain
wax
soar
build
foreground
ginger up
progress
thicken
underscore
double
spotlight
triple
feature
sugar-coat
further
punctuate
upsurge
press
prolong
annex
US
illuminate
chew up the scenery
teem
swarm
italicize
US
pullulate
annexe
UK
roll up
italicise
UK
tack on
slap on
grow quickly
focus attention on
turn spotlight on
give prominence to
call attention to
bring to the fore
lay emphasis on
draw attention to
put emphasis on
bring attention to
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Verb
▲
To feign or mimic an act, expression or appearance
play-act
fake
feign
act
simulate
sham
pose
counterfeit
masquerade
posture
playact
dissemble
play
imitate
impersonate
portray
mimic
reproduce
front
ham
purport
make believe
put it on
put on
put on an act
make up
put on airs
make out like
put on a front
assume the role
make as if
pretend
bluff
affect
assume
profess
pass for
dissimulate
play possum
fake it
go through the motions
invent
play at
let on like
four-flush
put up a front
play the part
kid
adopt
strike
pull
take on
fool
act as though
act as if
pass oneself off as
play the part of
represent
fabricate
forge
devise
give the appearance of
do a bit
phony up
give appearance of
make a show of
go through the motions of
make a pretence of
put on a false display
put on act
mess
malinger
make show of
pretend to be
posture as
seem to be
play to the gallery
put on a pretense
disguise
lie
falsify
conceal
hide
mask
cloak
veil
doublespeak
let on
cover
put up a smoke screen
whitewash
pussyfoot
hide one's feelings
put on a false front
shroud
make out
shuck and jive
make like
dress up
mislead
cover up
pass off as
stonewall
deceive
camouflage
be dishonest
double-talk
concoct
misrepresent
ape
do
contrive
spoof
prevaricate
equivocate
make-believe
trump up
act like
mirror
fib
fudge
mock
ditto
hatch
construct
do like
act out
take off
cheat
parody
phony
US
caricature
exaggerate
burlesque
obscure
phoney
UK
misstate
suppress
travesty
design
stage
scheme
personate
manufacture
orchestrate
tell untruth
conjure up
aspire to
coin
tell a white lie
pass off
create out of thin air
dream up
send up
masquerade as
pose as
lay it on thick
hoax
claim
delude
mimeo
defraud
pretend to have
beard
swing the lead
go like
profess to have
put up a front of
cop
make a show
make a pretense
exhibit
profess to be
assume the role of
present a false face
present a false front
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
be deceitful
display
develop
embody
take up
monkey
satirize
US
showboat
show
become
grandstand
attitudinize
reflect
repeat
peacock
lampoon
lay on
minimize
US
veneer
varnish
downplay
mime
copy
play a part
follow in footsteps
do an impression of
model after
do likewise
do an impression
pattern after
try to be like
come to have
double as
turn into
sugarcoat
airbrush
secrete
extenuate
screen
parrot
con
show off
minimise
UK
conceive
disguise yourself
strike an attitude
behave affectedly
strike a pose
cop an attitude
assume an attitude
take off as
palter
compose
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
sweep under the carpet
keep dark
keep secret
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
pirate
guy
perjure
hoke
satirise
UK
resemble
feature
suggest
create
jive
machinate
cogitate
formulate
plant
craft
tell stories
be economical with the truth
tell untruths
knock off
stretch the truth
fable
mastermind
tell a lie
depart from the truth
make up a story
forswear oneself
do a take-off
mock up
not tell the truth
invent a story
think up
cook up
speak with forked tongue
create fiction
pull the wool over someone's eyes
tell a fib
pull someone's leg
tell a terminological inexactitude
tell a little white lie
whip up
come up with
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