Đồng nghĩa của stretching the truth

making a mountain out of a molehill magnifying overemphasising overemphasizing aggrandizing amplifying coloring colouring elaborating embellishing embroidering inflating overdrawing overselling adding colour dramatising dramatizing exaggerating hyperbolizing laying it on thick laying it on with a shovel laying it on with a trowel overpitching overplaying overstating piling it on blowing something out of all proportion drawing the longbow making a big thing of making a big thing of something making a fuss making a song and dance about making too much of something shooting a line making a big deal out of something making a drama out of a crisis overdoing expanding enlarging overestimating stretching padding building up emphasizing enhancing catastrophizing intensifying exalting boosting blowing up fudging puffing heightening lying romanticizing touching up pyramiding blowing up out of all proportion emphasising elaborating on fleshing out falsifying romanticising varnishing gilding overelaborating spreading on thick adding flesh to overembellishing exaggerating information playing up making federal case yeasting gingering up dressing up distending enlarging on adding detail to making mountain out of molehill jazzing up going into detail about increasing augmenting swelling pumping up extending escalating spreading going up making a big thing out of filling widening driving up surcharging beefing up maximizing ballooning bloating blowing out of all proportion maximising cramming swelling up laying it on overdoing it hamming it up paying extravagant compliments laying on with a trowel embellishing the truth giving fulsome praise sweet-talking piling on soft-soaping overstressing bigging up misquoting fabricating going to extremes making a federal case of caricaturing scamming making a production out of putting on corrupting distorting prettying up loud talking blowing out of proportion hiking misrepresenting upping bragging overvaluing overexaggerating piling it on about laying it on thick about boasting cooking up laying it on with a trowel about making too much of misreporting laying on romancing overacting overrating bending melodramatizing perverting garbling misstating misinterpreting chewing the scenery tearing a cat cooking manipulating misrelating hamming hyping overdramatizing mugging putting a spin on disguising faking straining overpraising promoting belying warping massaging twisting expanding on slanting accentuating accenting making a production of emoting burlesquing acting travestying pointing up stressing spinning doctoring puffing up overcharging altering changing drawing the long bow adulterating quoting out of context tampering with giving a false account of taking out of context prevaricating fiddling trumping up equivocating paltering conning fixing overusing overworking chewing up the scenery theatricalizing stretching a point interlarding laboring at getting carried away showing off blowing up out of proportion emphasizing too much overstating the case making larger magnifying importance overwriting allowing too much for overcalculating expressing emotion juggling filling out aggravating fiddling with interfering with tinkering with patching acclaiming giving someone a sob story making a mountain out of applauding praising making mountain of molehill forging belabouring counterfeiting advancing sensationalizing inventing poisoning airbrushing laboring labouring debasing overplaying it going overboard vitiating play-acting belaboring dwelling on harping on faking it contravening contorting framing up deaconing rigging traversing fibbing salting deceiving glossing putting on an act four-flushing enacting executing splashing producing staging showing playacting presenting tragedizing performing sensationalising parodying making much of camping it up highlighting hams up laying too much stress on attaching too much importance to attaching too much weight to concealing gracing coating making something out of nothing snowing angling miscoloring cloaking biasing mangling cheesing biassing giving a false idea of blowing smoke glossing over dressing skewing confusing masking covering up passing off bearding pirating blarneying foregrounding going on and on about going over the top about making a big thing about playing on heartstrings giving color to playing to gallery making a performance of playing to the gallery underlining window-dressing adorning brightening decking camouflaging enriching sugar-coating underscoring featuring punctuating pressing ornamenting garnishing beautifying bedecking illuminating italicizing overlaying whitewashing tinseling tinselling plating aurifying glittering engilding begilding washing painting italicising calling attention to turning spotlight on drawing attention to bringing to the fore

fibbing lying fabricating prevaricating dissembling dissimulating inventing pretending conning exaggerating falsifying misrepresenting perjuring equivocating kidding concocting deceiving faking feigning inventing a story jiving paltering planting promoting shoveling shovelling telling a fib forswearing yourself making up a story telling a lie telling untruths creating fiction departing from the truth making up telling stories trumping up telling a terminological inexactitude not telling the truth speaking with forked tongue telling a little white lie pulling the wool over somebody's eyes pulling someone's leg misleading deluding tricking forswearing committing perjury bearing false witness lying under oath swearing falsely bluffing hoodwinking misinforming hoaxing misspeaking misstating misguiding beguiling duping bulling fudging overdrawing perverting snowing misinstructing gaslighting distorting telling a falsehood telling an untruth stringing along concocting a story faking it having on saying something untrue perjuring oneself putting on the wrong track forswearing oneself breaking promise throwing off the scent putting up a front perjuring yourself putting on sending on a wild goose chase leading astray framing someone BSing telling a white lie lacking candor spinning a yarn telling lies forging fooling devising misdirecting bamboozling disinforming snookering suckering cozening hornswoggling gaffing having humbugging buffaloing spoofing propagandizing gammoning burning juggling mousetrapping gulling propagandising catching lying to taking in sucking in doing a number on faking out giving someone a bum steer taking for a ride covering up pulling one's leg putting up smoke screen pulling the wool over one's eyes putting on an act giving wrong information to leading on leading one down the garden path leading up the garden path putting on false front wrong steering forming counterfeiting coining scamming swindling bilking hosing making like shafting illuding inveigling cheating seducing betraying rooking defrauding bunking outfoxing enticing tempting outwitting overreaching baiting victimising ensnaring enmeshing entangling luring imposing on victimizing giving the wrong impression taking someone for a ride taking someone in pulling wool over eyes playing trick on ripping off putting one over on pulling a swifty on leading up garden path double-crossing pulling a fast one on pulling the wool over someone's eyes roping in manufacturing excogitating constructing contriving hatching conjuring up drumming up vamping telling untruth vamping up dreaming up cooking up simulating thinking up creating out of thin air

prevaricating lying cavilling caviling dodging equivocating hedging paltering quibbling shuffling tergiversating deceiving fencing flanneling flannelling pussyfooting shilly-shallying sidestepping evading fabricating fibbing shifting stalling temporising temporizing vacillating beating about the bush belying conning dissembling distorting dithering exaggerating falsifying fudging garbling inventing jiving misrepresenting misspeaking misstating dodging the issue parrying questions sidestepping the issue begging the question putting off putting on ducking the issue humming and hawing stalling for time beating around the bush giving a false colour to

romancing fantasising fantasizing gushing romanticising romanticizing idealising idealizing sentimentalising sentimentalizing daydreaming dreaming exaggerating lying rhapsodising rhapsodizing swooning mooning making up stories telling stories thinking romantically building castles in the air looking at through rose-colored glasses viewing through rose-tinted glasses letting your imagination run away with you

stretching tight stretching to stretching your legs stretch mark stretch marks stretch of fancy stretching the rules stretchings stretching over stretching out stretching oneself out stretching oneself