exaggerative

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv ]

adjective

1. tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.

Other Words From

• ex·agger·ative·ly adverb
• nonex·agger·ative adjective
• nonex·agger·a·tory adjective
• unex·agger·ative adjective
• unex·agger·a·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exaggerative¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive

Example Sentences

I am afraid it is impossible to explain this monster amid the exaggerative sects and the eccentric clubs of my country.

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He can be called exaggerative; but mere exaggeration conveys nothing of his typical talent.

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He may have been morose, fanatical, exaggerative; but his bitter words suggest at least this dilemma.

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Was it more than a figure of speech, an exaggerative personification under great emotion of what most people would call chance?

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To Syme's exaggerative mind the bright, bleak houses and terraces by the Thames looked as empty as the mountains of the moon.

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