Antonyms for exaggerated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪd


Definition of exaggerated

Origin :
  • 1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," literally "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (genitive aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry" (see gest). Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.
  • adj overstated, embellished
Example sentences :
  • His great failing was that he exaggerated--no tale ever losing anything in his charge.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • It was obviously unreasonable, the mere cry of exaggerated grief.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He counted the number of their repulses and then exaggerated them.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The agony that was his during the next few minutes can by no means be exaggerated.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • She felt all a woman's exaggerated horror of police, and law, and violence.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • Casanova signified his refusal with an exaggerated but courtly gesture.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Mr Mould and his men had not exaggerated the grandeur of the arrangements.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Ashamed of the exaggerated expression of my feelings, I stood abashed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • After a moment's silence he drew himself up with exaggerated dignity.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • It is here represented in an exaggerated sense, as a deluge.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Synonyms for exaggerated

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