Another word for exaggerated | Synonyms for exaggerated

Another word for exaggerated

exaggerated Synonyms

exaggerated

modif.

highly colored, magnified, overwrought, overstated, inflated, extravagant, hyperbolic, overblown, overdone, overdrawn, preposterous, impossible, fabulous, outrÃ©, sensational, spectacular, melodramatic, out of proportion, blown-up, fantastic, high-flown, overcharged, excessive, farfetched, false, distorted, embroidered, embellished, fabricated, strained, artificial, glaring, pronounced, stylized, unrealistic, whopping*, a bit thick*, too much*.

Antonyms understated, accurate*, exact.

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A student in a gray wig and exaggerated backside was at the sink, pretending to wash dishes.
Joan produced an exaggerated sigh.
"Middle ground, sweetie," she repeated with exaggerated innocence.
How numerous they were when the Spaniards first came among them cannot be said; undoubtedly tradition has greatly exaggerated their number.
The islands are briefly noticed by Marco Polo, who probably saw without visiting them, under the name Angamanain, seemingly an Arabic dual, "The two Angamans," with the exaggerated but not unnatural picture of the natives, long current, as dog-faced Anthropophagi.

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