Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, larger, more conspicuous, or more positive than that which is normal; specifically, in entomology, of deeper color: as, a species with exaggerated characters; exaggerated marks, spines, processes, etc.; a dark band exaggerated in the center.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective represented as greater than is true or reasonable
  • adjective enlarged to an abnormal degree

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Examples

  • Brotherhood spokesman Essam El-Erian dispels what he calls an exaggerated fear of an Islamist "take over."

    Could Muslim Brotherhood Take Over Egypt? 2011

  • Brotherhood spokesman Essam El-Erian dispels what he calls an exaggerated fear of an Islamist "take over."

    Could Muslim Brotherhood Take Over Egypt? 2011

  • In an interview with The Wall Street Journal that ran the day he retired, Mr. Smith expressed frustration at what he described as exaggerated portrayals.

    GM Chief Tried to Transform Auto Maker 2007

  • Rumsfeld blamed that perception on what he called exaggerated accounts of violence by U.S. and Arabic media outlets, which he did not name, but which he said reported inflated numbers of Iraqi deaths and attacks on mosques.

    CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2006 2006

  • While some of Germany's neighbors, like nuclear-dependent France, home to the giant contractor Areva, criticize Mrs. Merkel for what they call an exaggerated, knee-jerk reaction, Germans seem determined to move toward a postnuclear economy - even though they acknowledge the switch will be expensive.

    NYT > Global Home By JUDY DEMPSEY 2011

  • "As far as I have heard, the passengers, crew and authorities all acted calmly and appropriately," said Ian S. Lustick, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.

    NYT > Home Page By SCOTT SHANE 2010

  • "As far as I have heard, the passengers, crew and authorities all acted calmly and appropriately," said Ian S. Lustick, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • "As far as I have heard, the passengers, crew and authorities all acted calmly and appropriately," said Ian S. Lustick, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Trapped in the War on Terror," a 2006 book that criticized what he called the exaggerated response to terrorism.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Hess is hitting back at Save the Bay, with Hess LNG chief executive R. Gordon Shearer last week firing off a letter to the group disputing what he called exaggerated, misleading and inflammatory rhetoric.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2009

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