Meanings
adjectiveexaggerated (comparative more exaggerated, superlative most exaggerated)
comparative more exaggerated · superlative most exaggerated
- That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
The Wycombe slowing begins at West Wycombe; to the High Wycombe curve itself most exaggerated respect was shown, with a minimum of 30 m.p.h.
1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of exaggerate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverepresented as greater than is true or reasonable
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπερβολικός
- ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Bengali অতিরঞ্জিত
- অতিরঞ্জিত (otironjito)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Bulgarian преувеличен
- преувеличен (preuveličen)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Chinese Cantonese 誇張 /夸张
- 誇張 /夸张 (kwaa¹ zoeng¹)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Chinese Mandarin 誇張 /夸张
- 誇張 /夸张 (kuāzhāng)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Czech přehnaný, zveličený
- přehnanýthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- zveličenýthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Danish overdreven, overdrevet
- overdreventhat has been described as greater than it actually is
- overdrevetthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Dutch overdreven, overtrokken
- overdreventhat has been described as greater than it actually is
- overtrokkenthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Esperanto troiga
- troigathat has been described as greater than it actually is
Finnish liioiteltu
- liioiteltuthat has been described as greater than it actually is
German übertrieben
- übertriebenthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Hebrew מוגזם, מנופח
- מוגזם (mugzám)that has been described as greater than it actually is
- מנופח (menupákh)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Hindi अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण
- अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण (atiśyoktipūrṇ)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Hungarian túlzó, túlzott
- túlzóthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- túlzottthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Irish áiféiseach, gáifeach
- áiféiseachthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- gáifeachthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- áibhéalachthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Italian esagerato
- esageratothat has been described as greater than it actually is
Japanese 誇張された
- 誇張された (kochō-sareta)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Latin suprālātus
- suprālātusthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Norwegian Bokmål overdreven
- overdreventhat has been described as greater than it actually is
Persian اگزژره
- اگزژره (egzažere)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Portuguese exagerado
- exageradothat has been described as greater than it actually is
Romanian exagerat
- exageratthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Russian преувели́ченный, чрезме́рный
- преувели́ченный (preuvelíčennyj)that has been described as greater than it actually is
- чрезме́рный (črezmérnyj)that has been described as greater than it actually is
Spanish exagerado
- exageradothat has been described as greater than it actually is
Swedish överdriven
- överdriventhat has been described as greater than it actually is
Tagalog eksaherado
- eksaheradothat has been described as greater than it actually is
Turkish abartı, abartılı
- abartıthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- abartılıthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- şişirmethat has been described as greater than it actually is
- aşırıthat has been described as greater than it actually is
- mübalağalıthat has been described as greater than it actually is
Ukrainian перебі́льшений, гіперболізо́ваний
- перебі́льшений (perebílʹšenyj)that has been described as greater than it actually is
- гіперболізо́ваний (hiperbolizóvanyj)that has been described as greater than it actually is
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“exaggerated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggerated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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