Exaggerative

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by exaggeration.

    "[…] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]"

Example

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"[…] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]"

Etymology

From exaggerate + -ive.

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