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Adjective exaggerated has 3 senses
- exaggerated, overdone, overstated - represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
Antonym: moderate (indirect, via immoderate)
- exaggerated, magnified, enlarged - enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes"
Antonyms: decreased, reduced (indirect, via increased)
- exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated - enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"
Antonyms: decreased, reduced (indirect, via increased)
Verb exaggerate has 2 senses
- overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
--1 is one way to misinform, mislead
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- overdo, exaggerate - do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
--2 is one way to make, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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