exaggerated
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exaggerate /ɪgˈzadʒəreɪt, ɛg-/
▶verb represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
■ (as adj. exaggerated) enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions.
– derivatives
exaggeratedly adverb,
exaggeration noun,
exaggerative adjective,
exaggerator noun.
exaggeratedly adverb,
exaggeration noun,
exaggerative adjective,
exaggerator noun.
– origin C16: from L. exaggerat-, exaggerare ‘heap up’.
'exaggerated' also found in these Oxford entries:
arrogant
- burlesque
- camp
- caricature
- cartoon
- chauvinism
- cheesy
- clown
- dramatics
- embroider
- exaggerate
- fawn
- flounce
- full
- gonzo
- hammy
- histrionic
- hyperbolic
- hyperreal
- hysteria
- mannered
- melodrama
- melodramatic
- myth
- mythology
- overact
- overhype
- overinflated
- pantomime
- paranoia
- performance
- pietism
- prance
- puff
- puffery
- salt
- sashay
- scoop
- self-importance
- send
- send-up
- sentiment
- sentimental
- shoot
- snob
- stagy
- steep
- stringhalt
- tittup
- top
