exaggerated
ig-ZA-juh-ray-tid/ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/
- 1Made to seem bigger, stronger, or more important than it really is.
Like a fishing story where the fish gets bigger every time someone tells it.
Her exaggerated story about the fish made everyone laugh.
He gave an exaggerated bow before leaving the stage.
Similarinflated, overstated, overblown, hyperbolic, embellished
Oppositeunderstated, accurate
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- 2Simple past and past participle of exaggerate. Use this form for something that already happened.
She exaggerated the size of the crowd at the concert.
He exaggerated how hard the test really was.
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exaggerated is a form of exaggerate
exaggerate, verb: To make something sound bigger, worse, or more important than it really is. Full entry
- Forms
- exaggerateexaggerates he/she/itexaggerating -ing formexaggerated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- exaggerate → exaggerated: add -d
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