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exaggerated

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid]

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adjective

unduly or unrealistically magnified: to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself.

abnormally increased or enlarged.

Origin:
1545–55; exaggerate + -ed²

Related forms

ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverb

non·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective

non·ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverb

self-ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective

un·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective

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But a new report from an independent government watchdog group suggests that those claims are exaggerated.

Liebowitz that the news media had exaggerated the real story.

Until recently the deficit-cutting rhetoric exaggerated its likely short-term impact.

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But a new report from an independent government watchdog group suggests that those claims are exaggerated.

Liebowitz that the news media had exaggerated the real story.

Until recently the deficit-cutting rhetoric exaggerated its likely short-term impact.

The climate-match maps are similarly exaggerated for the seven of the eight species that are provided maps.

Trial researcher alleges paper exaggerated antidepressant benefits.

The dragonfly looked closer to a living creature, whereas the dinosaurs remained a bit more exaggerated and caricature-like.

Etrade gets fined by a brokers' group for making exaggerated claims on its ads.

It is a type of physiologic or exaggerated physiologic jaundice.

Reports of the death of state support for public higher education may have been exaggerated.

Exaggerated self-interest is considered to be a sign of social immaturity.

The lobster likely uses its exaggerated claw, or cheliped, to defend against other crustaceans.

False positives and exaggerated results in peer-reviewed scientific studies have reached epidemic proportions in recent years.

Predictions of traditional media's demise are greatly exaggerated.

Breeding for exaggerated qualities may well bring an end to the breed.

The economic impact of bouts of severe weather is easily exaggerated.

Fish tend to inspire exaggerated tales, as anglers know all too well.

Tales of the baiji's demise may have been much exaggerated.

Election officials in several states and some computer researchers said the study exaggerated the machines' vulnerability.

Olson, methinks, has an exaggerated sense of how much athletics contributes to the academic side of university life.

Trading volume is not large, so this has an exaggerated impact on the exchange rate.

Other scientists contend that these ideas are flawed or exaggerated.

The moons are exaggerated in this artist's fanciful conception.

Then the trees, unaccustomed to such attack, have either no immune defense or an exaggerated one.

First, the extent of globalization should not be exaggerated.

The weakness of the dollar, in which nearly all commodity prices are quoted, has exaggerated the boom.

They need to be exaggerated and that feels pretty silly.

The present imbalance has led to exaggerated reports of female marriage prospects.

Ellison said that both animations are rendered accurately from the data with no exaggerated scaling.

Behavior that might seem fine in person is exaggerated on a video screen.

The extent of outsourcing service industry jobs has been exaggerated.

Features feminine shirring detail at the scoop neck, exaggerated ribbed cuffs and flattering curved hem.

But harking back to an earlier quotation: reports of global warming's death are exaggerated.

When the ball is closer to the camera, the error in the position of the ball gets exaggerated.

So there are exaggerated stimuli in the animal world that evoke exaggerated responses.

Don't panic, they say: the problem has been vastly exaggerated.

Keas are now protected by law, and it appears that the farmers' claims were greatly exaggerated.

Sadly for the potential fate of human civilization, rumors of the demise of climate change have been much exaggerated.

There is a problem with such exaggerated leniency and rationalization.

Some argued that it was exaggerated by the unsustainable boom in output and investment, and would slow when the economy faltered.

There are sticky fingers, to be sure, and the reports of urban crime are not exaggerated.

So he admits that it is difficult to obtain accurate death counts and that they are often exaggerated.

Reports of the death of inflation are therefore much exaggerated.

Hypoxia in coastal areas is exaggerated by changes on the land.

And to curb my usual exaggerated and unjustifiable optimism and empathy.

However an official from a relief agency claims that the numbers of refugees have been exaggerated.

He said the medical dangers of early childbirth were greatly exaggerated.

Vowels are lingered over, phrases are repeated in high-pitched voices, and questions carry exaggerated inflections.

Taking even one step in a gale can be difficult, as things are more exaggerated.

The negative effect of feed lots has been greatly exaggerated by the animal rights movement.

Amplification exaggerated the waves at the surface, increasing the ground shaking.

The music on the soundtrack exaggerated the eerie atmosphere and kept me wary.

Both occur naturally in the body, but when artificial levels are achieved, their effects become exaggerated.

It's perfectly good to question exaggerated global warming claims, or not believe it, etc.

To appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form.

Or he could've been quite ordinary and his achievements greatly exaggerated over the generations.

At the same time, many agree that environmental problems are exaggerated and that the environmental movement is a fad.

Jason is largely an exaggerated representation of my own geeky nature.

Pakistani intelligence officials say that human rights groups have exaggerated the number of people held incommunicado.

Some say that the attacks on her are groundless or exaggerated.

But historians also claim that newspaper accounts over the following week greatly exaggerated the hysteria.

The seafloor topography, called bathymetry, is highly vertically exaggerated here.

Very exaggerated accounts of the character of the papers and the price received were published and injustice was done to.

Debates, such as they are, are marked by an exaggerated decorum.

College entrance requirements appear to be drifting into an exaggerated importance.

Fears about the fragility of the global recovery are exaggerated.

It is believed, however, that the casualties reported are exaggerated.

Nemeroff has repeatedly exaggerated the benefits while downplaying or failing to mention serious side effects.

Nor should the friction between those factions be exaggerated.

Conceit implies an exaggerated estimate of one's own abilities or attainments, together with pride: blinded by conceit.

It was consistent, but such exaggerated readings make it all but useless.

Oversize proportions, exaggerated angles and swooshy layers.

Make exaggerated pantomimes in response to good or poor answers.

But the case against the appointment is nevertheless exaggerated.

Plus, his jump kick is exaggerated and he strikes too many poses.

The first episode examines our fascination with exaggerated or distorted images of the human body.

Other claims of new flexibility are slightly exaggerated.

The moons are exaggerated in this artist's fanciful.

Boomer insisted that his words have been exaggerated.

She exaggerated her hand and arm gestures, which further tightened her blouse.

America's superior performance in recent years has also been exaggerated.

So if you can exaggerate this reality in some way, you are seen as an exaggerated female.

But it has not said that net income was exaggerated.

By then a new ethos had established itself, one that grew evermore exaggerated and powerful-the ethos of the market.

Contemporary accounts of the battle may be politically biased or exaggerated.

Those values did not include an exaggerated sympathy for the criminal or due process.

The authors rightly decry the degree to which scientists have sometimes manufactured and exaggerated environmental uncertainties.

To what extent these claims are highly exaggerated and politically motivated has yet to be seen.

Governments have further exaggerated the problem by imposing export quotas and trade restrictions, raising prices again.

The gas industry has condemned the film as environmental propaganda and wildly exaggerated.

The stories about government inefficiencies tend to be exaggerated and usually are about federal ownership.

Happy music made happy faces seem even happier while sad music exaggerated the melancholy of a frown.

Radiation dose to public from nuclear power plants was getting exaggerated attention.

However, they grossly exaggerated the heat used by a microwave oven to defrost a pizza.

Now it is warming slightly with some more exaggerated weather around the world.

The security and storage issues shouldn't neither be exaggerated.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.

to increase or enlarge abnormally: Those shoes exaggerate the size of my feet.

verb (used without object)

to employ exaggeration, as in speech or writing: a person who is always exaggerating.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin exaggerātus (past participle of exaggerāre heap up), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + agger heap + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

ex·ag·ger·at·ing·ly, adverb

ex·ag·ger·a·tor, noun

non·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective

o·ver·ex·ag·ger·ate, verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.

un·ex·ag·ger·at·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. embellish, amplify, embroider. 2. inflate.

Antonyms
1. minimize.

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World English Dictionary

exaggerated (ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	unduly or excessively magnified; enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
2.	pathol abnormally enlarged: an exaggerated spleen

exaggeratedly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

exaggerate

1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," from ex- "thoroughly" + aggerare "heap up," from agger (gen. aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry." Sense of "overstate" first recorded

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in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.

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"Among the multitude of scholars and authors, we feel no hallowing presence; we are sensible of a knack and skill rather than of inspiration; they have a light, and know not whence it comes, and call it their own; their talent is some exaggerated faculty, some overgrown member, so that their strength is a disease."

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