The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
Source: tatoeba (19375)
Exaggerated
//ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd//
Synonyms for "exaggerated" (87 found)
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Related words (43)
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4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερβολικός adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Bengali
1 entries- অতিরঞ্জিত adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преувеличен adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 誇張 /夸张 adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誇張 /夸张 adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Czech
2 entries- přehnaný adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- zveličený adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Danish
2 entries- overdreven adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- overdrevet adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Dutch
2 entries- overdreven adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- overtrokken adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Esperanto
1 entries- troiga adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Finnish
1 entries- liioiteltu adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Galician
2 entries- esaxerado adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- exaxerado adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
German
1 entries- übertrieben adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Hebrew
2 entries- מוגזם adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- מנופח adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Hindi
1 entries- अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Hungarian
2 entries- túlzott adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- túlzó adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Irish
3 entries- gáifeach adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- áibhéalach adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- áiféiseach adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Italian
1 entries- esagerato adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Japanese
1 entries- 誇張された adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Latin
1 entries- suprālātus adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overdreven adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overdriven adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Persian
1 entries- اگزژره adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Portuguese
1 entries- exagerado adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Romanian
1 entries- exagerat adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Russian
2 entries- преувели́ченный adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- чрезме́рный adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Spanish
1 entries- exagerado adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Swedish
1 entries- överdriven adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Tagalog
1 entries- eksaherado adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Turkish
4 entries- abartı adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- abartılı adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- aşırı adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- mübalağalı adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гіперболізо́ваний adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
- перебі́льшений adj (that has been described as greater than it actually is)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You may depend upon it that the story is exaggerated.
Source: tatoeba (43296)
The report exaggerated the capacity of the hall.
Source: tatoeba (44047)
The announcement exaggerated the number of casualties.
Source: tatoeba (44437)
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