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Antonyms for exaggerated
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪd |
Definition of exaggerated
Origin :- 1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," literally "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (genitive aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry" (see gest). Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.
- adj overstated, embellished
- His great failing was that he exaggerated--no tale ever losing anything in his charge.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was obviously unreasonable, the mere cry of exaggerated grief.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He counted the number of their repulses and then exaggerated them.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The agony that was his during the next few minutes can by no means be exaggerated.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She felt all a woman's exaggerated horror of police, and law, and violence.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Casanova signified his refusal with an exaggerated but courtly gesture.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- Mr Mould and his men had not exaggerated the grandeur of the arrangements.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Ashamed of the exaggerated expression of my feelings, I stood abashed.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- After a moment's silence he drew himself up with exaggerated dignity.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- It is here represented in an exaggerated sense, as a deluge.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
Synonyms for exaggerated
- a bit thick
- abstract
- amplified
- artificial
- bouncing
- caricatural
- distorted
- embroidered
- exalted
- excessive
- extravagant
- fabricated
- fabulous
- false
- fantastic
- farfetched
- hammy
- highly colored
- histrionic
- hyperbolic
- impossible
- inflated
- magnified
- melodramatic
- out of proportion
- overblown
- overdone
- overestimated
- overkill
- overwrought
- preposterous
- pretentious
- schmaltzy
- sensational
- spectacular
- steep
- strained
- stylized
- tall
- too much
- too-too
- unrealistic
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