- unduly or excessively magnified; enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- abnormally enlarged: an exaggerated spleen
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ex•ag•ger•at•ed
(ig zaj′ə rā′tid),USA pronunciation adj.
ex•ag′ger•at′ed•ly, adv.
- unduly or unrealistically magnified:to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself.
- abnormally increased or enlarged.
- exaggerate + -ed2 1545–55
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exaggerated /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪtɪd/ adj
ex•ag•ger•ate /ɪgˈzædʒəˌreɪt/USA pronunciation
v., -at•ed, -at•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to magnify (something) beyond the limits of truth; overstate: [ ~ + obj]:to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.[no object]I think you are exaggerating when you say he is as tall as a tree.
ex•ag•ger•ate
(ig zaj′ə rāt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
ex•ag′ger•at′ing•ly, adv.
ex•ag′ger•a′tor, n.
v.t.
- to magnify beyond the limits of truth;
overstate;
represent disproportionately:to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation. - to increase or enlarge abnormally:Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.
v.i.
- to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing:a person who is always exaggerating.
- Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + agger heap + -ātus -ate1
- 1525–35
ex•ag′ger•a′tor, n.
- 1. embellish, amplify, embroider. 2. inflate.
- 1. minimize.
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exaggerate /ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt/ vb
- to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true
- (transitive) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual: his new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness
'exaggerated' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arrogant
- boast
- bullshit
- camp
- campy
- come on
- compensate
- compensation
- conceit
- conceited
- craze
- disproportion
- drama queen
- dramatize
- ecclesiasticism
- embroider
- emote
- euphoria
- exaggerate
- exhibitionism
- glorification
- goose step
- hammy
- hype
- legend
- machismo
- magnify
- Mariolatry
- Mercator projection
- mime
- nationalism
- operatic
- outpouring
- overact
- puff
- ritualism
- rock and roll
- sacerdotalism
- self-pity
- self-righteous
- sentiment
- stretch
- strong
- superlative
- tall
- theatre
- theatrical
- theatrics
- vaulting
- aestheticism