exaggerated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒəˌɹeɪ.tɪd/, /ɛɡ-/

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Adjective

exaggerated (comparative more exaggerated, superlative most exaggerated)

1. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
   • 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:

     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.

Derived terms

• unexaggerated

Translations

that has been described as greater than it actually is

• Bengali: অতিরঞ্জিত (bn) (otironjito)
• Bulgarian: преувеличен (bg) (preuveličen)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 誇張／夸张 (kwaa¹ zoeng¹)

  Mandarin: 誇張／夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng)

• Czech: přehnaný (cs), zveličený
• Danish: overdreven, overdrevet
• Dutch: overdreven (nl), overtrokken (nl)
• Finnish: liioiteltu (fi)
• Galician: esaxerado, exaxerado
• German: übertrieben (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπερβολικός (huperbolikós)

• Hebrew: מוגזם‎ (mugzám), מנופח‎ (menupákh) (colloquial)
• Hindi: अतिश्योक्तिपूर्ण (atiśyoktipūrṇ)
• Hungarian: túlzó (hu), túlzott (hu)
• Irish: áiféiseach, gáifeach, áibhéalach
• Italian: esagerato (it)
• Japanese: 誇張された (kochō-sareta)
• Latin: suprālātus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overdreven (no)

  Nynorsk: overdriven

• Persian: اگزژره‎ (egzažere)
• Portuguese: exagerado (pt)
• Romanian: exagerat (ro)
• Russian: преувели́ченный (ru) (preuvelíčennyj), чрезме́рный (ru) (črezmérnyj)
• Spanish: exagerado (es)
• Swedish: överdriven (sv)
• Tagalog: eksaherado
• Turkish: abartı (tr), abartılı (tr), şişirme (tr), aşırı (tr), mübalağalı (tr)

Verb

exaggerated

1. simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate