| Main Entry: |
exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
overstated, embellished |
Synonyms: |
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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Antonyms: |
depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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