| 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 |
Antonyms: |
depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated |
| Main Entry: | immoderate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive, extreme |
Synonyms: |
dizzying, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, overindulgent, profligate, steep, too much*, too-too, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unmeasurable, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted, wanton |
Antonyms: |
calm, justified, mild, moderate, reasonable, restrained |
| Main Entry: | mincing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected, pretentious |
Synonyms: |
artificial, dainty, delicate, effeminate, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, genteel, insincere, la-di-da, nice, particular, persnickety, precious, sissy, squeamish, stilted, too-too, unnatural |
Antonyms: |
extroverted, unaffected, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | overly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | excessively |
Synonyms: |
ever, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, immoderately, inordinately, over, overfull, overmuch, too, too much, too-too, unduly, very much |
Antonyms: |
inadequately, insufficiently |
| Main Entry: | pretentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobbish, conceited |
Synonyms: |
affected, arty, assuming, aureate, big*, bombastic, chichi*, conspicuous, euphuistic, exaggerated, extravagant, feigned, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, flowery, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, high-sounding, highfaluting, hollow, imposing, inflated, jazzy, la-di-da, lofty, magniloquent, mincing, ornate, ostentatious, overambitious, overblown, pompous, puffed up, put-on, rhetorical, showy, specious, splashy, stilted, swank, too-too, tumid, turgid, utopian, vainglorious |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, unconceited |
| Main Entry: | unreasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant; beyond normal limits |
Synonyms: |
absonant, arbitrary, costing an arm and a leg, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, far-out, illegitimate, immoderate, improper, inordinate, intemperate, out of bounds, overkill, overmuch, peremptory, posh, pricey, senseless, steep*, stiff*, too great, too much, too-too, uncalled-for, unconscionable, undue, unfair, unjust, unjustifiable, unlawful, unrightful, unwarrantable, unwarranted, up to here, way out, wrongful |
Antonyms: |
cheap, economical, low, plain, reasonable |
| Main Entry: | utmost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme, maximum |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all-out, chief, complete, entire, exhaustive, farthest, final, full, furthermost, greatest, highest, last, last straw, maximal, most, most distant, out of bounds, outermost, outside, paramount, plenary, preeminent, remotest, sheer, supreme, thorough, thoroughgoing, too much*, too-too, top, topmost, total, ultimate, ultra*, unconditional, undiminished, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, uttermost, whole, worst case |
| Notes: | outmost means farthest possible point from a center; utmost means of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity |
Antonyms: |
middle, moderate |
| Main Entry: | unreasoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreasonable |
Synonyms: |
absonant, arbitrary, costing an arm and a leg, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extreme, far-out, illegitimate, illogical, immoderate, improper, inordinate, intemperate, irrational, out of bounds, overkill, overmuch, peremptory, posh, pricey, senseless, steep*, stiff*, too great, too much*, too-too, uncalled-for, unconscionable, undue, unfair, unjust, unjustifiable, unlawful, unrightful, unwarrantable, unwarranted, up to here, way out, wrongful |