exaggerative

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv ]

/ ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv /

adjective

tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.

Also ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry

[ig-zaj-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /ɪgˈzædʒ ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of exaggerative

First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM exaggerative

ex·ag·ger·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjectivenon·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjectiveun·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjective

un·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby exaggerative

exact science, exacum, exaggerate, exaggerated, exaggeration, exaggerative, exahertz, ex all, exalt, exaltation, exalted

Example sentences from the Web for exaggerative

To Syme's exaggerative mind the bright, bleak houses and terraces by the Thames looked as empty as the mountains of the moon.
The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton
But I am by this time pretty well acquainted with the exaggerative tendency of the African.
How I Found Livingstone|Henry M. Stanley
Doubtless it will seem so, yet the statement is not exaggerative by any means, but is made in my serious and sincere conviction.
The Uncommercial Traveller|Charles Dickens
He may have been morose, fanatical, exaggerative; but his bitter words suggest at least this dilemma.
Plays and Puritans|Charles Kingsley

The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: ‘On-wed, Chris-ting, sol-jaws!’
Two on a Tower|Thomas Hardy

单词	exaggerative
释义	exaggerative [ ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv ] / ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv / adjective tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration. Also ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry [ig-zaj-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /ɪgˈzædʒ ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/. Origin of exaggerative First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM exaggerative ex·ag·ger·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjectivenon·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjectiveun·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjective un·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjective Words nearby exaggerative exact science, exacum, exaggerate, exaggerated, exaggeration, exaggerative, exahertz, ex all, exalt, exaltation, exalted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for exaggerative To Syme's exaggerative mind the bright, bleak houses and terraces by the Thames looked as empty as the mountains of the moon. The Man Who Was Thursday\|G. K. Chesterton But I am by this time pretty well acquainted with the exaggerative tendency of the African. How I Found Livingstone\|Henry M. Stanley Doubtless it will seem so, yet the statement is not exaggerative by any means, but is made in my serious and sincere conviction. The Uncommercial Traveller\|Charles Dickens He may have been morose, fanatical, exaggerative; but his bitter words suggest at least this dilemma. Plays and Puritans\|Charles Kingsley The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: ‘On-wed, Chris-ting, sol-jaws!’ Two on a Tower\|Thomas Hardy
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