Exaggerated

exaggerated
    adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
           exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: {exaggerated},
           {overdone}, {overstated}]
    2: enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the
       size of her eyes" [syn: {exaggerated}, {magnified},
       {enlarged}]
    

Exaggerate \Ex*ag"ger*ate\, 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.
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   2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the
      truth; to delineate extravagantly; to overstate the truth
      concerning.
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            A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. --Addison.
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Exaggerated \Ex*ag"ger*a`ted\, a.
   Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- {Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly},
   adv.
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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