exaggerated
adjective
uk/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.tɪd/us/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/seeminglarger, moreimportant,better, orworsethan it really is:
exaggeratedreportsof theproblem
Theslimmingeffectofwearingblackhas beengreatlyexaggerated.
See
exaggerate
- There is an exaggeratedsenseofeconomiccrisis.
- There's often an exaggeratedfearofhurtinganother person’sfeelings.
- Redcurtainsand exaggerated underlightingtransformedtheoldoperahouse.
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overexaggerate
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom