exaggerated

[US]/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/
[UK]/ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. overstated, beyond the truth, exaggerated.

Example Sentences

exaggerated contortion of the body

an exaggerated sense of one's importance

his exaggerated, precious manner.

they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger.

exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught;

Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction.

exaggerated features such as a massive head and beetling brows.

the press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film.

thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.

He exaggerated the dangers of the trip in order to frighten them not into going.

exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.

Also, I think it is exaggerated to say giglet “or worship things of foreign countries”.it is just a girl wants to fulfill her once dream, not affect her patriotism.

If we explore "Travelog of Mr.Fong": Volume 10(superscript th), it is rather exaggerated to say "disguise or deceit" but just a game of scholars, nor a revenge from hatred.

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