# exaggerated

Pronunciation: say "ig-ZA-juh-ray-tid" /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/

## Adjective

1. Described or shown as larger or greater than it really is, or abnormally increased in size or degree.
   - Simple: Made to seem bigger, stronger, or more important than it really is.
   - _The report contained exaggerated claims about the product's benefits._
   - _Critics dismissed the exaggerated figures as nothing more than political spin._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of exaggerate. — simple past and past participle of exaggerate
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of exaggerate. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The witness exaggerated the danger to make his story sound more dramatic._
   - _Many newspapers exaggerated the threat during the early days of the panic._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exaggerated (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).