Exaggerated

/ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/

Synonyms for "exaggerated" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

a bit muchabandoned aggrandized amplified ballyhooed boundless camp disproportionate egregious enormous

Noun(7 words)

alarmist burlesque caricaturing cartoon cartooneddramatized skitdramatizing

Verb(7 words)

amplify caricatured distort dramatic dramatized embellish embellished

Adjective(4 words)

bombastic cartoonishdramatic performanceenlarged

Strong matches (41)

exalted excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme fabulous fancy gigantic gluttonous grandiloquent heroic highhigh flownhigh-flown hyperbolic hypertrophied immoderate incontinent inflated inordinate

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intemperate lavish magnified melodramatic monstrous

Verb(7 words)

excessive fabricate hyperbolic hyperbolize inflate magnified magnify

Adjective(6 words)

hammy histrionic inflationary ludicrous magnified mythical

Noun(3 words)

magnifying milemünchhausen

Related words (69)

out of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutrageous overbig overdeveloped overdone overdrawn overemphasized overemphatic overestimated overgreat overgrown overlarge overmuch overpraised overrated oversold overstated overstressed

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overvalued overweening overwrought pretentious prodigal profuse puffedpuffed uprhetorical sensational steep stiff stretched superlative talltoo muchtouted unbridled unconscionable undue unreasonable unrestrained

Verb(9 words)

overacted overemphasize overestimate overplayed overreacted overstate overstated sensationalized theatrical

Noun(12 words)

overacting overemphasizing overestimating overplaying overreacting overselling overshooting puffing sensationalist slapstickstorybook monsterzillions

Adjective(6 words)

overblown overdone overstated peerless superbesttheatrical usage

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More general

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adjectivedescriptive techniquedescriptive termfigurative languagequalifierrhetorical deviceverbal action

More specific

12 entries

dramaticdramatic exaggerationembellish detailsfabricate eventshyperbolichyperbolic claimhyperbolic framingoverstate impactoverstate profitsoverstate risksoverstate significancesatirical exaggeration

Collocations

10 entries

exaggerated claimexaggerated claimsexaggerated depictionexaggerated descriptionexaggerated findingsexaggerated impactexaggerated numbersexaggerated portrayalexaggerated resultsexaggerated risk

Inflections

4 entries

exaggerates exaggeratingmore exaggeratedmost exaggerated

Derivations

4 entries

exaggerate exaggeration exaggerator exaggeratory

similar

2 entries

immoderate increased

Sample sentences

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The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.

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You may depend upon it that the story is exaggerated.

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The report exaggerated the capacity of the hall.

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The announcement exaggerated the number of casualties.

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