Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overemphasise

1 sense of overemphasise

Sense 1
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress -- (place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book")
       => overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")