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   exaggerated

   /ɪɡˈzadʒəreɪtɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality: "an exaggerated account of his adventures"
   • ▪ enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions: "comic book characters are drawn with exaggerated features so you will remember them"

   Derivatives

   • 1. exaggeratedly adverb

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   What does exaggerate mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! EXAGGERATE definition: 1. to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is: 2. to make…. Learn more.

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   Why do people exaggerate?

   • It makes our stories funnier, or more dramatic. After all, when you exaggerate, you're not really lying — you're just overstating things. The word exaggerate can also suggest that a particular characteristic is overdone or almost larger than life. If you describe someone as having an exaggerated limp, he or she might be walking like a gorilla.

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   What does Exagerado mean?

   • exagerado/-da [masculine-feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! EXAGGERATED definition: 1. seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is: 2. seeming larger, more…. Learn more.

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   What is an example of exaggeration?

   • An example of exaggeration would be: “I was walking along when suddenly this enormous dog walked along. It was as big as an elephant”. The dog may have been big, but it was certainly not as big as that. Another example of exaggeration would be: “I caught a fish as big as my house.” Overstatement is another word that means almost the same thing.

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     EXAGGERATE meaning: 1. to make something seem larger, more...

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     EXAGGERATE definicja: 1. to make something seem larger, more...

   • Exaggerate in Japanese

     EXAGGERATE translate: 誇張する, 誇張（こちょう）する. Learn more in the...

   • Minimize

     MINIMIZE definition: 1. to reduce something to the least...

   • Exaggerate in French

     EXAGGERATE translate: exagérer, exagérer, exagérer. Learn...

   • Exaggerate in German

     EXAGGERATE translate: übertreiben, hervorheben, übertreiben....

   • Exaggerate in Catalan

     exaggerate translate: exagerar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Exaggerate in Arabic

     EXAGGERATE translate: يُبالِغ. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Learn the meaning of exaggerated as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Exaggerated means excessively or inappropriately heightened, inflated, or overstated, or enlarged or increased beyond the normal.

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   Exaggerated means seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is. Learn how to use this adjective with sentences and synonyms, and see translations in different languages.

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   Exaggerated definition: unduly or unrealistically magnified. See examples of EXAGGERATED used in a sentence.

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   When you exaggerate you stretch the truth. Fishermen tend to exaggerate the size of their fish. And children tend to exaggerate the seriousness of their cuts in order to get cute Band-Aids.

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