Đồng nghĩa của stretched the truth

made a mountain out of a molehill magnified overemphasised overemphasized aggrandized amplified colored coloured elaborated embellished embroidered inflated overdrew overdrawn oversold added colour dramatised dramatized exaggerated hyperbolized laid it on thick laid it on with a shovel laid it on with a trowel overpitched overplayed overstated piled it on blew something out of all proportion blown something out of all proportion drew the longbow drawn the longbow made a big thing of made a big thing of something made a fuss made a song and dance about made too much of something shot a line made a big deal out of something made a drama out of a crisis expanded enlarged overestimated padded stretched straught built up emphasized enhanced catastrophized exalted boosted intensified overdone overdid fudged elaborated on emphasised put on puffed romanticised heightened pyramided spread on thick falsified touched up romanticized lied spread fleshed out increased augmented swelled extended pumped up gilded varnished gilt escalated blown up blew up overstressed big upped bigged up crammed loud talked overexaggerated made a production out of made too much of prettied up embellished the truth misquoted blown up out of all proportion bragged made a federal case of jazzed up laid it on thick about upped laid on cooked up scammed widened laid it on with a trowel about overvalued hiked made a big thing out of exaggerated information enlarged on ballooned bloated swelled up caricatured piled it on about made federal case overembellished filled played up boasted maximised surcharged added detail to blew up out of all proportion romanced dressed up gingered up added flesh to soft-soaped fabricated laid on with a trowel corrupted made mountain out of molehill maximized distorted yeasted beefed up piled on paid extravagant compliments misrepresented hammed it up sweet-talked misreported laid it on distended overelaborated went into detail about gone into detail about swoll swollen lay on blew out of proportion went to extremes gone to extremes blown out of proportion drove up blown out of all proportion blew out of all proportion went up swollen up driven up gone up overdid it gave fulsome praise overdone it given fulsome praise overacted put a spin on overrated bent bended melodramatized perverted garbled misstated misinterpreted chewed the scenery cooked manipulated misrelated hammed hyped overdramatized mugged disguised faked strained overpraised promoted belied warped massaged twisted expanded on slanted accentuated accented made a production of emoted burlesqued acted travestied pointed up stressed spun doctored puffed up overcharged torn a cat tore a cat altered changed overused adulterated quoted out of context tampered with paltered put on an act overwrought trumped up prevaricated equivocated fiddled overworked fixed fixt conned labored at theatricalized got carried away chewed up the scenery showed off acclaimed applauded praised sensationalized made larger magnified importance overcalculated stretched a point advanced belaboured highlighted coated graced play-acted overstated the case forged tragedized sensationalised enacted playacted splashed executed showed performed presented produced staged labored laboured poisoned airbrushed interlarded sugar-coated window-dressed camouflaged adorned enriched decked brightened foregrounded span aggravated underlined counterfeited overplayed it underscored belabored harped on dwelled on featured ornamented bedecked garnished beautified made much of emphasized too much punctuated made a mountain out of invented played on heartstrings made a performance of played to the gallery played to gallery pressed prest juggled drew the long bow drawn the long bow expressed emotion parodied made mountain of molehill filled out illuminated debased camped it up glittered plated begilded painted whitewashed engilded tinselled overlayed aurified tinseled overlaid washed italicized attached too much importance to laid too much stress on attached too much weight to concealed vitiated gave a false account of took out of context taken out of context given a false account of italicised made something out of nothing fibbed biased passed off deaconed faked it rigged deceived glossed glossed over mangled skewed confused blarneyed four-flushed bearded interfered with biassed angled patched called attention to framed up contravened cheesed turned spotlight on traversed covered up salted masked contorted miscolored snowed dressed tinkered with fiddled with pirated brought to the fore made a big thing about cloaked shown off shown blown up out of proportion blew up out of proportion hammed up hamming up overwritten overwrote given color to gave color to overlay allowed too much for gone overboard went overboard drew attention to drawn attention to snew snown blew smoke blown smoke gave a false idea of given a false idea of drest went over the top about gone over the top about went on and on about gone on and on about gave someone a sob story given someone a sob story

fibbed lied fabricated prevaricated dissembled dissimulated invented pretended conned exaggerated falsified misrepresented perjured equivocated kidded concocted deceived faked feigned invented a story jived paltered planted promoted shoveled shovelled told a fib forswore yourself forsworn yourself made up a story told a lie told untruths created fiction departed from the truth made up told stories trumped up told a terminological inexactitude not told the truth spoke with forked tongue spoken with forked tongue told a little white lie pulled the wool over somebody's eyes pulled someone's leg deluded misled put on the wrong track tricked put up a front put on committed perjury bluffed hoodwinked hoaxed misinformed beguiled misguided misstated duped perverted snowed fudged bulled distorted gaslit gaslighted misinstructed told an untruth told a falsehood concocted a story strung along said something untrue had on perjured oneself faked it perjured yourself forswore forsworn sent on a wild goose chase beared false witness framed someone led astray BSed told a white lie lacked candor misspoke misspoken overdrew snown overdrawn snew forswore oneself broken promise thrown off the scent forsworn oneself broke promise threw off the scent lay under oath lain under oath swore falsely sworn falsely spun a yarn put on an act put up smoke screen put on false front told lies forged fooled devised misdirected bamboozled snookered disinformed suckered cozened gaffed hornswoggled juggled propagandized burnt burned had gammoned spoofed buffaloed humbugged caught mousetrapped propagandised gulled led up the garden path led on sucked in wrong steered pulled one's leg covered up leaded one down the garden path put one over on faked out pulled the wool over one's eyes formed counterfeited coined scammed hosed bilked swindled manufactured inveigled illuded seduced cheated shafted defrauded bunked betrayed tempted enticed outfoxed rooked contrived excogitated constructed baited lured entangled outwitted overreached victimised ensnared victimized enmeshed imposed on hatched took in taken in lain to lay to took for a ride done a number on gave wrong information to gave someone a bum steer simulated vamped up cooked up pulled a swifty on double-crossed drummed up led up garden path given wrong information to vamped ripped off pulled wool over eyes made like conjured up played trick on taken for a ride told untruth given someone a bum steer thought up roped in pulled a fast one on pulled the wool over someone's eyes did a number on created out of thin air dreamt up given the wrong impression taken someone for a ride took someone in took someone for a ride taken someone in gave the wrong impression

prevaricated lied cavilled caviled dodged equivocated hedged paltered quibbled shuffled tergiversated deceived fenced flanneled flannelled pussyfooted shilly-shallied sidestepped evaded fabricated fibbed shifted stalled temporised temporized vacillated beat about the bush beaten about the bush belied conned dissembled distorted dithered exaggerated falsified fudged garbled invented jived misrepresented misspoke misspoken misstated dodged the issue parried questions sidestepped the issue begged the question put off put on ducked the issue hummed and hawed stalled for time beaten around the bush gave a false colour to given a false colour to

romanced fantasised fantasized gushed romanticised romanticized idealised idealized sentimentalised sentimentalized daydreamt daydreamed dreamed dreamt exaggerated lied rhapsodised rhapsodized swooned mooned made up stories told stories thought romantically built castles in the air looked at through rose-colored glasses viewed through rose-tinted glasses let your imagination run away with you

stretched tight stretched to stretched toward stretched your legs stretcher stretcher bearer stretched the rules stretched over stretched-out stretched out stretched oneself out stretched oneself