exaggeratedadj.
/ɛɡˈzadʒəreɪtɪd/ΚΠ
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exaggerated, repositus, a, um.
2. Magnified or inflated beyond the limits of fact, justice, propriety, or truth; excessive.The ordinary application of the participle and participial adjective now differs from that of the finite verb: we say that a speaker ‘exaggerates his facts,’ but it is his statements that are described as ‘exaggerated’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective]
hyperbolical?a1475
overchargeda1542
magnificate1568
amplified1580
superlative1586
fulsome1602
hyperthetical?1611
hyperbolous1638
hyperbolic1646
bloata1657
exaggerated1725
overshot1774
overstuffed1808
overdrawn1841
fine-drawn1888
steep1895
larger-than-life1937
blown-up1961
1725 A. Pope Wks. Shakespear I. Pref. p. v The most exaggerated Thoughts; the most verbose and bombast Expression.
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 18 His exaggerated censure of the methods of the ancients..had an effect in diminishing their popularity.
1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 39 Before any exaggerated report could reach them.
1849 R. Cobden Speeches 37 There has prevailed a most exaggerated idea as to the necessity of that force.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 308 Gods were exaggerated heroes, and their heroes were exaggerated men.
3. Abnormally enlarged, monstrous, overgrown.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > expanded or enlarged > excessively
overgrowna1398
exaggerated1860
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. x. 65 My route was an exaggerated zigzag.
1885 O. T. Miller in Harper's Mag. Mar. 600 He resembles an exaggerated wren.
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