exaggerative

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv ]

adjective
  1. tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.

Origin of exaggerative

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive
  • Also ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry [ig-zaj-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]. /ɪgˈzædʒ ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Other words from exaggerative

  • ex·ag·ger·a·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjective
  • non·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjective
  • un·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjective
  • un·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjective

Words Nearby exaggerative

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How to use exaggerative in a sentence

  • I am afraid it is impossible to explain this monster amid the exaggerative sects and the eccentric clubs of my country.

    The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
  • He can be called exaggerative; but mere exaggeration conveys nothing of his typical talent.

  • He may have been morose, fanatical, exaggerative; but his bitter words suggest at least this dilemma.

    Plays and Puritans | Charles Kingsley
  • Was it more than a figure of speech, an exaggerative personification under great emotion of what most people would call chance?

    Sinister Street, vol. 2 | Compton Mackenzie
  • To Syme's exaggerative mind the bright, bleak houses and terraces by the Thames looked as empty as the mountains of the moon.

    The Man Who Was Thursday | G. K. Chesterton