| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| habit, odd or exaggerated |
aberration
,
eccentricity
,
idiosyncrasy
,
mannerism
|
| servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise |
adulation
|
| deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
affectation
,
affectedness
,
mannerism
,
pose
|
| someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention |
ballyhoo artist
,
sensationalist
|
| German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797) |
Baron Munchausen
,
Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen
,
Munchausen
,
Munchhausen
|
| woman who performs a solo Oriental dance using exaggerated abdominal movements |
belly dancer
,
exotic belly dancer
,
exotic dancer
|
| exaggerated studiousness |
bookishness
|
| exaggerated drawing |
caricature
|
| exaggerated representation |
caricature
|
| portrait, exaggerated or comical |
caricature
|
| representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
caricature
,
imitation
,
impersonation
|
| someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner |
caricaturist
|
| fear or concern, exaggerated or obsessive |
complex
|
| poetic image, exaggerated |
conceit
|
| metaphor or exaggerated comparison |
conceit
|
| interest followed with exaggerated zeal |
craze
,
cult
,
fad
,
furor
,
furore
,
rage
|
| exaggerated trait or behavior |
eccentricity
,
idiosyncrasy
,
mannerism
|
| exaggerated opinion of your own importance |
egotism
,
self-importance
,
swelled head
|
| feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation |
euphoria
,
euphory
|
| comedy, exaggerated |
farce
|
