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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exaggerate \exag"gerate\, 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. 
   1. to heap up; to accumulate. obs. "earth exaggerated upon
      them oaks and firs." --sir m. hale.
      1913 webster

   2. to amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
      truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
      concerning.
      1913 webster

            a friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --addison.
      1913 webster
see also:
exaggerated exaggerating jest 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exaggerated \exag"gera`ted\, a.
   enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- exag"gera`tedly,
   adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
exag"gera`tedly 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
exaggerated
     adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
            exaggerated opinion of oneself" syn: overdone, overstated
     2: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated
        the size of her eyes" syn: magnified, enlarged
     3: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated
        or inflated opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"
        syn: hyperbolic, inflated
see also:
overdone overstated magnified enlarged hyperbolic inflated 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
66 moby thesaurus words for "exaggerated":
   a bit much, abandoned, aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed,
   boundless, disproportionate, egregious, enormous, excessive,
   exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, gigantic,
   gluttonous, grandiloquent, high, high-flown, hyperbolic,
   hypertrophied, immoderate, incontinent, inflated, inordinate,
   intemperate, magnified, monstrous, out of bounds, out of sight,
   outrageous, overbig, overdeveloped, overdone, overdrawn,
   overemphasized, overemphatic, overestimated, overgreat, overgrown,
   overlarge, overmuch, overpraised, overrated, oversold, overstated,
   overstressed, overvalued, overweening, overwrought, prodigal,
   profuse, puffed, puffed up, steep, stiff, stretched, superlative,
   too much, touted, unbridled, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable,
   unrestrained





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