exaggerated

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ɛɡ-/
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Adjective

exaggerated (comparative more exaggerated, superlative most exaggerated)

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
- 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:
  The Wycombe slowing begins at West Wycombe; to the High Wycombe curve itself most exaggerated respect was shown, with a minimum of 30 m.p.h.

Derived terms

unexaggerated

Translations

that has been described as greater than it actually is

Bengali: অতিরঞ্জিত (bn) (otironjito)
Bulgarian: преувеличен (bg) (preuveličen)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 誇張／夸张 (kwaa¹ zoeng¹)

Mandarin: 誇張／夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng)
Czech: přehnaný (cs), zveličený
Danish: overdreven, overdrevet
Dutch: overdreven (nl), overtrokken (nl)
Finnish: liioiteltu (fi)
Galician: esaxerado, exaxerado
German: übertrieben (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós)
Hebrew: מוגזם (mugzám), מנופח (menupákh) (colloquial)
Hindi: अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण (atiśyoktipūrṇ)
Hungarian: túlzó (hu), túlzott (hu)
Irish: áiféiseach, gáifeach, áibhéalach
Italian: esagerato (it)
Japanese: 誇張された (kochō-sareta)
Latin: suprālātus
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overdreven (no)

Nynorsk: overdriven
Persian: اگزژره (egzažere)
Portuguese: exagerado (pt)
Romanian: exagerat (ro)
Russian: преувели́ченный (ru) (preuvelíčennyj), чрезме́рный (ru) (črezmérnyj)
Spanish: exagerado (es)
Swedish: överdriven (sv)
Tagalog: eksaherado
Turkish: abartı (tr), abartılı (tr), şişirme (tr), aşırı (tr), mübalağalı (tr)
Ukrainian: перебі́льшений (perebílʹšenyj), гіперболізо́ваний (hiperbolizóvanyj)

Verb

exaggerated

simple past and past participle of exaggerate

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