exaggerated sense

collocation in English

meaningsofexaggeratedandsense

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exaggerated
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.tɪd/us
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/
seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it ...
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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofexaggeratedandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexaggerated sense

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Yes, sincerely held beliefs, no matter how ill-founded, coupled possibly with a ratherexaggeratedsenseof national duty.
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However, in practice, 'members' seem to have anexaggeratedsenseof their efficacy; they expect their action to influence the delivery of valued goals.
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Bartle'sexaggeratedsenseof "paternal" responsibility is humorous in this context, but has a more serious subtext.
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I think that he has anexaggeratedsenseof my abilities.
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Their most generous and constant invocation of my lordly status, however, has tended to give me a ratherexaggeratedsenseof my own importance.
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I understand that "euphoria" is an abnormal orexaggeratedsenseof wellbeing; pain ceases to matter, because the patient becomes indifferent to it.
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I can only deduce that the people who would be expected to apply are expected to have anexaggeratedsenseof public service.
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They also tend to have anexaggeratedsenseof masculinity.
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Yes, sincerely held beliefs, no matter how ill-founded, coupled possibly with a ratherexaggeratedsenseof national duty.
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He also made scenes of the lamentation, but his show an expressionist style, as the figures display anexaggeratedsenseof movement and drama.
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There was no need for anexaggeratedsenseof self-importance.
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The speaker has anexaggeratedsenseof how obvious his or her nervousness about a speech is to the audience.
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Specifically, grandiose delusions are frequently found predominantly in paranoid schizophrenia, in which a person has an extremelyexaggeratedsenseof his or her significance, personality, knowledge, or authority.
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Narcissism is theexaggeratedsenseof one self in which one is believed to exist in order to protect one's low self-esteem and sense of worthlessness.
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Its sufferers commonly share personality traits such as high attention to detail, avoidance of risk, careful planning,exaggeratedsenseof responsibility and a tendency to take time in making decisions.
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