exaggerated
Made too big
Exaggerated describes something that has been made to seem larger, more important, or more extreme than it actually is.
An exaggerated claim stretches the truth; exaggerated movements are theatrical and overdone; exaggerated fears blow a threat out of proportion.
The word often carries a note of skepticism or criticism, implying that someone has gone beyond what the facts support.
Reports of his incompetence were greatly exaggerated.
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
overacted · campy · flamboyant · showy · bombastic · grandiose · ostentatious · sensational
Increased in apparent size
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- heightenedIncreased in degree
- intensifiedMade more extreme
enlarged · stretched · bloated · oversized · puffed-up · disproportionate · distorted · overstated
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- tall-taleOutlandish fictional narrative
whopper · puffery · fabrication · distortion · inflation · misrepresentation · dramatization · sensationalism
Twisted unnaturally
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- cartoonishAbsurdly exaggerated in style
- caricaturedDepicted with exaggerated features
- stylizedGiven artistic treatment
distorted · elongated · enlarged · oversized · accentuated · pronounced · emphasized · mugging
Expressed with force
- exclaimedSpoke suddenly, loudly
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- boastedSpoke with excessive pride
- braggedSpoke boastfully
gushed · ranted · bellowed · declared · overstressed · stressed · overenunciated · animated
melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional in expression
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
hammy · overacted · campy · flamboyant · showy · bombastic · grandiose · ostentatious · sensational · affected
magnified
Increased in apparent size
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- heightenedIncreased in degree
intensified · enlarged · stretched · bloated · oversized · puffed-up · disproportionate · distorted · overstated · embellished
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
tall-tale · whopper · puffery · fabrication · distortion · inflation · misrepresentation · dramatization · sensationalism · spin
contorted
Twisted unnaturally
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- cartoonishAbsurdly exaggerated in style
- caricaturedDepicted with exaggerated features
stylized · distorted · elongated · enlarged · oversized · accentuated · pronounced · emphasized · mugging · broad
emphatic
Expressed with force
- exclaimedSpoke suddenly, loudly
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- boastedSpoke with excessive pride
bragged · gushed · ranted · bellowed · declared · overstressed · stressed · overenunciated · animated · gesticulated
- cartoon traitsrubbery, goofy, bug-eyed, slapstick, zany
- melodramatichistrionic, theatrical, overwrought, dramatic, hammy
- trope treatmentssubversion, inversion, deconstruction, averted, deconstructed
- cartoon stylebig eyes, bold outlines, thick lines, stylized, animated
- theatricaltheatrical, dramatic, melodramatic, histrionic, hammy
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
exaggeratedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
minimized · downplayed · underplayed · underestimated · reduced
exaggeratedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
plain · restrained · simple · subtle · modest
- exaggerated featuresAmplified distinguishing characteristics
- lying and exaggeratingDistorting facts intentionally
- exaggerated responseDisproportionate reaction to stimulus
- exaggerated reactionsDisproportionate emotional responses
- comic exaggerationHumorous overstatement for effect
- comedic exaggerationOverstatement for laughs
exaggerate, exaggeration, exaggerating, exaggerates, exaggerations, exaggerator, exaggeratedly, exaggerators, exaggerative