Meanings
adjectiveexaggerative (comparative more exaggerative, superlative most exaggerative)
comparative more exaggerative · superlative most exaggerative
- Marked by exaggeration.
[…] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]
1876, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 37, page 238
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Irish áibhéalach
- áibhéalachmarked by exaggeration
Japanese 誇大
- 誇大 (kodai)marked by exaggeration
Spanish ponderativo, exagerativo
- ponderativomarked by exaggeration
- exagerativomarked by exaggeration
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APA
exaggerative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggerative
MLA
“exaggerative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggerative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exaggerative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaggerative.
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