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adjectiveunduly or unrealistically magnified: to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself. abnormally increased or enlarged. Origin of exaggeratedFirst recorded in 1545–55; exaggerate + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM exaggeratedex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverbnon·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjectivenon·ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverbself-ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective un·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective Words nearby exaggeratedexactitude, exactly, exact science, exacum, exaggerate, exaggerated, exaggeration, exaggerative, exahertz, ex all, exalt Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for exaggeratedInevitably, some of this may have been exaggerated in social media. Fierce Fighting in Grozny Raises Specter of ISIS Influence in Russia|Anna Nemtsova|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The threat of this virus to the general public may have been exaggerated. Ebola Nurses Are As Brave As Soldiers|Michael Daly|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST One volunteer gave an exaggerated eye roll when I asked about it. The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak Fry|Ana Marie Cox|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Usually they trade sniffles and exaggerated stories of late night derring-do; now they are exchanging enterovirus EV-68. Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly|Kent Sepkowitz|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for exaggerated
adjectiveunduly or excessively magnified; enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness pathol abnormally enlargedan exaggerated spleen Derived forms of exaggeratedexaggeratedly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to exaggeratedfarfetched, abstract, overblown, preposterous, melodramatic, pretentious, extravagant, distorted, excessive, inflated, unrealistic, overwrought, false, hyperbolic, fabricated, stylized, magnified, exalted, strained, overdone |