Crossword clues for exaggerated
exaggerated
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus, p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]
To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] ``Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs].''
--Sir M. Hale.-
To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth concerning.
A friend exaggerates a man's virtues.
--Addison.
Exaggerated \Ex*ag"ger*a`ted\, a. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged. v
(en-past of: exaggerate)
WordNet
adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: overdone, overstated]
enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes" [syn: magnified, enlarged]
enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style" [syn: hyperbolic, inflated]
Usage examples of "exaggerated".
There was so much of her, such incredibly long legs, such an extreme flow of line and volume, Beheim became entranced by the exaggerated perspectives available, gazing up at the equatorial swell of her belly toward the flattened mounds of her breasts with their dark oases of areola and turreted nipples, or down from her breasts toward the unruly pubic tuft between her thighs, in all reminding him by its smoothness of the sand sculpture of a sleeping giantess he had seen years before on a beach in Spain.
At all events, there can be no doubt that the Arkite theorists have exaggerated the importance and extent of these views beyond all tolerable bounds, and even to absurdity.
An exaggerated and uncompromising asceticism has won for many Christian saints their honours on earth and their assurance of special privileges in heaven.
I do not, for a moment, want to suggest that there was no truth in his Bhakti, but there was much mixture in it and even what was mental and vital was very much exaggerated.
But the most irritating of girl--men is assuredly the Parisian and the boulevardier, in whom the appearance of intelligence is more marked and who combines in himself all the attractions and all the faults of those charming creatures in an exaggerated degree in virtue of his masculine temperament.
Grosvenor Square, Comte de Cavilon stepped from his closed coach with exaggerated steps and minced to the door.
I glanced at Liza, who pulled a comical face and gave an exaggerated shrug to indicate that she did not know why Chad should be so interested.
She dines with me on Sundays, and if you would care to come to dinner next Sunday you will confess that I have not exaggerated her capacities.
And yet there was something exaggerated in the backward sweep of the wings that suggested great speed and even a hint of falconish malevolence.
She thinks Turner might approve of Suarez in his black and white stripes, but the Guanaco crater reminds her of Gustave Dore, who always exaggerated his tone values.
The character of Doctor Gys is not greatly exaggerated but had its counterpart in real life.
I told my story, and, seeing that she was pensive, I exaggerated the misery I had felt at not being able to complete my conquest.
It may be added that Cyrus Harding had in no way exaggerated the danger to be apprehended.
Every panegyric contained in them is extravagant and hyperbolical, and every censure exaggerated and excessive.
Music played in the parlor and James was sweeping a stone-faced Ilima around the room in an exaggerated dance.