exaggerated

adjective

ex·ag·ger·at·ed ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrā-təd

: excessively or inappropriately heightened, inflated, or overstated

exaggerated fears

a wildly exaggerated story

As students go from one disconnected course to the next, they tend to form a highly exaggerated idea of the differences between teachers and subjects.—

Gerald Graff

: enlarged or increased beyond the normal : greater than normal

… many people have an unusual or exaggerated response to a drug, but they are not necessarily allergic to the drug.—

Paul D. Buisseret

exaggeratedly adverb

… my own view of the art of architecture—a view that many people (including many architects) would perhaps consider an exaggeratedly lofty one. —

Brendan Gill

Koenig's movements were brisk, exaggeratedly optimistic. —

Nick Paumgarten

exaggeratedness noun

… we often do not respond to exaggeration by simply pointing out its exaggeratedness … —

Julie Kuhlken

Examples of exaggerated in a Sentence

loves the exaggerated emotions that are part and parcel of grand opera

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