Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase scaring someone by exaggerating.

Reverse dictionary results:
1. intimidation
2. exaggeration
3. alarmism
4. hyperbole
5. sensationalism
6. aggressive
7. dramatic
8. ballyhooed
9. bathos
10. expletory
11. overdramatization
12. adynaton
13. hyperbolical
14. hyperbolism
15. baroque
16. emphatic
17. exaggerative
18. exaggeratory
19. inspired
20. overemphatic
21. overlaboured
22. sensationalist
23. casuistic
24. expletive
25. hyped
26. hypercritically
27. inspiration
28. inspirative
29. obtrusive
30. overdramatic
31. overelaborate
32. repetitious
33. spirit
34. alembicated
35. bullish
36. hype
37. hyperbolic
38. inspiring

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