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exaggerative [ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.
Also ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry [ig-zaj-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪgˈzædʒ ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/. Origin of exaggerative First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive Related formsex·ag·ger·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjectivenon·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjectiveun·ex·ag·ger·a·tive, adjectiveun·ex·ag·ger·a·to·ry, adjective Examples from the Web for exaggerative Historical Examples of exaggerative
The choir repeated like an exaggerative echo: ‘On-wed, Chris-ting, sol-jaws!’
Thomas Hardy
It would be exaggerative, indeed irreverent, to say that he ever positively appeared again.
G. K. Chesterton
I am afraid it is impossible to explain this monster amid the exaggerative sects and the eccentric clubs of my country.
G.K. Chesterton
We may say with no exaggerative irony that the unconscious patrons of slavery were Huxley and Cobden.
G. K. Chesterton
They were evidently not only expansive but exaggerative; and perhaps it was not only in battle that they drew the long bow.
G. K. Chesterton
