Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In zoology, larger, more conspicuous, or more positive than that which is normal; specifically, in entomology, of deeper color: as, a species with exaggerated characters; exaggerated marks, spines, processes, etc.; a dark band exaggerated in the center.
Wiktionary
- adj. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable
- adj. enlarged to an abnormal degree
Examples
“Brotherhood spokesman Essam El-Erian dispels what he calls an exaggerated fear of an Islamist "take over.”
“In an interview with The Wall Street Journal that ran the day he retired, Mr. Smith expressed frustration at what he described as exaggerated portrayals.”
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“Rumsfeld blamed that perception on what he called exaggerated accounts of violence by U.S. and Arabic media outlets, which he did not name, but which he said reported inflated numbers of Iraqi deaths and attacks on mosques.”
“While some of Germany's neighbors, like nuclear-dependent France, home to the giant contractor Areva, criticize Mrs. Merkel for what they call an exaggerated, knee-jerk reaction, Germans seem determined to move toward a postnuclear economy - even though they acknowledge the switch will be expensive.”
“As far as I have heard, the passengers, crew and authorities all acted calmly and appropriately," said Ian S. Lustick, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.”
“University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.”
“Hess is hitting back at Save the Bay, with Hess LNG chief executive R. Gordon Shearer last week firing off a letter to the group disputing what he called exaggerated, misleading and inflammatory rhetoric.”
“Do I perhaps sound over the top and indulging in exaggerated rhetoric?”
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“Angel turned to Zora with an expression of exaggerated innocence.”
“Emmeline shook her head, adopting an expression of exaggerated concern.”
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Excessive
Words meaning excessive.
exorbitant, extortionate, immoderate, exaggerated, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, extreme, inclement, recrementitious
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