exaggeratingadj.
/ɛɡˈzadʒəreɪtɪŋ/ That exaggerates.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > given to exaggeration
overlashing1578
overreaching1579
hyperbolizinga1620
exaggeratory1759
exaggerative1797
dramatizing1808
exaggerating1817
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 667 The exaggerating language of Mr. Hastings.
1833 C. Thirlwall in Philol. Museum 2 576 In this Mr. Ast discovers the hand of an exaggerating rhetorician.
1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. 77 You always were one of the most exaggerating children possible.
Derivatives
eˈxaggeratingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adverb]
egregiously1553
hyperbolically1555
overreachingly1571
hyperbolicly1596
overlashinglya1613
superlativelyc1615
exaggerately1646
theatrically1647
fulsomely1657
fancifully1801
exaggeratedly1854
exaggeratively1856
exaggeratingly1858
over the top1935
1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 376 She retailed what Lisa saw..fluently, unfailingly, and, we regret to add, exaggeratingly.
1876 W. Graham Mem. J. Macfarlane iii. 144 Neither heartlessly inappreciative of the past, nor exaggeratingly friendly to the present.
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