- past tense form of exaggerate.
- past participle of exaggerate.
exaggerated
Example Sentences
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“We overexaggerated the pants and the sleeves in the body so it is big and flowy,” says Bellizzi.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
The acting is either overexaggerated or barely there, and Mann’s subtlety-free writing broadcasts characters’ motivations as loudly as possible.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021
In the end, though, some overexaggerated hype about check tampering probably won’t do much harm and you should probably put in a little extra effort to write out 2020 in full, just to be safe.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2020
“But what we see after these storms is a greatly overexaggerated concern.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017
Sometimes I think my terrible longing for him was overexaggerated.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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