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Exaggerated

Definition: Exaggerated

Exaggerated

Adjective

1. Represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself".

2. Enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes".

3. Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exaggerated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Synonyms: Exaggerated

Synonyms: enlarged (adj), hyperbolic (adj), inflated (adj), magnified (adj), overdone (adj), overstated (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Exaggerated

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Exaggeration

Adjective: exaggerated; Verb: overwrought; bombastic; (grandiloquent); hyperbolical, on stilts; fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, outre, highflying.

Expansion

Adjective: expanded; Verb: larger; (large; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied; edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended; patulous; bulbous; (convex); full blown, full grown, full formed; big; abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate; tumefacient, tumefying.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Exaggerated

English words defined with "exaggerated": affectation, Anglophilia, Anglophobiaballyhoo artist, Baron Munchausen, belly dancer, bookishnesscaricature, caricaturist, conceited, Confessionalism, craze, cultegotism, egotistic, egotistical, enlarged, Entonic, euphoria, euphoric, exaggeratedly, exhibitionist, exhibitionistic, exotic dancer, expansivefad, flounce, For effect, furor, furorehappy, High-colored, hyperbolic, hyperbolically, Hypertheticalidle words, imitation, immodest, impersonation, inflatedjazzKarl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausenlyricismmachismo, magnified, mannerism, Munchausen, Munchhausennasal twang, Necrophobia, nothingnessOveraction, overdone, overreact, overstatedPietism, pose, priggishness, primness, puff, Puffinglyrage, religiosity, ritualism, Romance, roundhouseself-conceited, self-importance, sensationalist, silly season, superiority complex, superlative, swelled head, swollen, swollen-headedThree-piled, To find fault, Toxiphobia, twangvainwildly, wind. (references)
Specialty definitions using "exaggerated": azione positivaCock and Bull Storydrunken sawexaggerated stereoscopyHusband, Hyperreactive, hyperstereoscopyoverreaction hypothesisPeterloo, phobiasQUICK SKETCH ARTISTreceive acknowledgestructure sectiontilted modelwide base stereoscopy, wobble saw. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Exaggerated

DomainTitle

Books

  • Considering How Exaggerated Music Is (reference)

  • Cowpat : exaggerated stories and unreasonable observations (reference)

  • Greatly Exaggerated (reference)

  • Is Drug Addiction Exaggerated (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Exaggerated

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Computer generated surface view of Gula Mons.For this image, we also have a special treat. Because the vertical scale on theseimages is so exaggerated (a factor of 22.5, remember), we thought you might wantto see what one of them would look like with a more realistic vertical scale.This image ofGula Mons( 8k) has beenaltered to more closely resemble the actual vertical scale. Credit: NASA.

G.O.P., reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Exaggerated

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Say the report is exaggerated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Exaggerated

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As we have seen, he exaggerated it a little

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Exaggerated

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

In these individuals, the classic features of Klinefelter syndrome may be exaggerated, with low I.Q. or moderate to severe mental retardation also occurring. (references)

Symptoms of upper motor neuron involvement include tight and stiff muscles (spasticity) and exaggerated reflexes (hyperreflexia) including an overactive gag reflex. (references)

Symptoms may include hypertonicity (increased muscle tone), clonus (a series of rapid muscle contractions), exaggerated deep tendon reflexes, muscle spasms, scissoring (involuntary crossing of the legs), and fixed joints. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

In the first year of the new organization's work, it received 40 complaints from readers, who claimed intrusion of privacy, or complained of exaggerated, inaccurate, or overly graphic reporting. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

At year's end, official statistics on the prison murder rate were not available, but the prison director who assumed office in November believes that the press reports were exaggerated. (references)

Jordan

Under the Constitution, citizens are subject to arrest, trial, and punishment for the defamation of heads of state, dissemination of "false or exaggerated information outside the country that attacks state dignity," or defamation of public officials. (references)

Minorities

Bangladesh

The BNP admitted that there was some truth to the allegations, but dismissed reports of widespread attacks as exaggerated. (references)

Political Rights

Haiti

The dominant FL political party manipulated legislative and exaggerated electoral participation in the presidential elections of 2000. The FL controls all government power, including the presidential, legislative, and judicial branches. (references)

Women

Pakistan

On August 1, a government official stated that the majority of women in prison were there on murder charges, and asserted that the number of cases filed under the Hudood Ordinances was exaggerated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Exaggerated

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Those diversities arising from situation, climate, population, and pursuits are doubtless, as it is natural they should be, greatly exaggerated by jealousies and that spirit of rivalry so inseparable from neighboring communities.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897Closely related to the exaggerated confidence in our country's greatness which tends to a disregard of the rules of national safety, another danger confronts us not less serious.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Exaggerated

"Exaggerated" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 46.40% of the time. "Exaggerated" is used about 708 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)46.4%32915,846
Adjective (general or positive)40.34%28617,222
Lexical Verb (past tense)13.12%9334,067
Noun (proper)0.14%1339,140
                    Total100.00%708N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Exaggerated

Expressions using "exaggerated": be grossly exaggerated exaggerated hyperbolic inflated exaggerated magnified enlarged exaggerated stereoscopy vertically exaggerated model. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "exaggerated": over-exaggerated, was-the-risk-exaggerated, wildly-exaggerated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Exaggerated

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

exaggerated

2

exaggerated fear hellophobia

2

business exaggerated have owner uncommon

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Exaggerated

Language Translations for "exaggerated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i zmadhuar (enlarged, exaggerative, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, outre, overdone, romantic), i zgjatur tepërt, i tepruar (de trop, dispensable, disproportionate, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fabulous, far gone, fulsome, heavy, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, over, profuse, redundant, undue, unreasonable). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مفرط (excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unreasonable, unrestrained), ‏مغال فيه, ‏متضخم (inflating), ‏مبالغ فيه (extreme, inordinate, overdone, overdrawn, overstated). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ненормално увеличен, преувеличен (flaming, high-colored, high-coloured, steep, strained, tall), прекомерен (excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, intense, over, undue). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

夸大 (Exaggerate, Exaggerating, Exaggeration). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přehnaný (exaggerative, excessive, exorbitant, overdone, tall). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hyperstereoskopi (exaggerated stereoscopy, hyperstereoscopy, wide base stereoscopy), geometrisk fortegnet model (geometrically distorted model, vertically distorted model, vertically exaggerated model). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

liioiteltu (extravagant). (various references)

   

French

  

exagérai, exagérés, exagéré (exorbitant), exagérâmes, exagéra. (various references)

   

German

  

aufgebauscht, übertrieben (camp, exaggeratedly, excessive, extravagant, fulsome, ham, hyperbolical, inflated, inordinately, overambitious, overdone, overpraise, undue, unduly), übertrieb (overdid, overplayed, overstated). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξωγκωμένοσ (swollen, turgid). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מופרז (excessive, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, outre, tall, undue), מו'זם (a bit thick, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, tall), מ ופח (haughty, inflated, snotty, swollen, vain, windy), פרז (excessive). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túlzó (agonistic, exaggerative, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, fulsome, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, hyperbolist, litotes, ultra), túlzásba vitt (overdone), túlzott (affectation, complacency, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, far-fetched, foppish, immodest, inordinate, obsequiousness, obsequy, outre, over-anxious, overboard, overdone, over-excitement, overshot, steep), túlságos (excessive, immoderate, inordinate, over-development, undue), túlméretezett (outsize, oversized), túlhajtott (outre, over-extended), szélsőséges (extreme, fantastic, inordinate), felnagyított, felfújt (blown, chuff, chuffed, distended, inflated, overblown, pudding, puffed, puffed-up, soufflé). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kebagusan (exaggerated praise, splendor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

esagerato (exceeding, fulsome, tall), esagerai (overdid, overplayed, overstated). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

事事しい (bombastic, pretentious), 事々しい (bombastic, pretentious), 大袈裟 (grandiose), 大仰 , 大層 (very fine, very much), 大'さ (grandiose), 仰々しい (bombastic, highly colored), 仰仰しい (bombastic, highly colored). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぎょうぎょうしい (bombastic, highly colored), たいそう (calisthenics, foundation, gymnastics, imperial funeral, Imperial mourning, leading figure, physical exercises, very fine, very much), おおぎょう (exaggeration), おお'さ (grandiose), "と"としい (bombastic, pretentious). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

과장하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

mooadit (amplified, artificial, artificial untrue, augmented, enlarged). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exaggerateday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

exagerado (a bit thick, exaggerative, fulsome, gaudy, outre, overdone, scenic, scenical, stagey, stagy, steep). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

extravagant (cracked, crazy, eccentric, extravagant, fancy, lunatic, rampant, unreasonable, wanton, wildcat), exagerat (exaggerative, hyperbolic, inordinate, overmuch, profuse, regardless, steep, swollen, tall, theatrical, thick, undue), urcat (high), nemãsurat (enormous, huge, immensurable, incalculable, inordinate, insatiable, measureless, unmeasured), deocheat (overlooked). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

расширенный (expanded, extensive, varicose), преувеличенный (fulsome, high-colored, high-coloured, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, outre, overdone), преувеличивать преувеличенный (overemphasized), дутый (false, inflated). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

preuveličan, preteran (extravagant, far gone, hyperbolical, outre, ultra). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exagerado (a bit thick, aggrandized, emotional, excessive, extravagant, fulsome, given to extravagant gestures, grandiose, highly-colored, highly-coloured, inflated, inordinate, intense, jazzy, overdemonstrative, overdone, overdressed, overstated, peculiar, steep, theatrical). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

geometriskt förvriden modell (geometrically distorted model, vertically distorted model, vertically exaggerated model). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

şişirilmiş (blown up, fustian, inflated, pompous, puffed up, puffy, swelling, turgescent), abartılı (dithyrambic, fond, fustian, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, inflated, magniloquent, ornate, overdone, puffy, slobbery, spread eagle, stagey, stagy, steep, swelling, tall, theatrical, turgescent, turgid, well-rounded), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

перебільшений (colored, coloured, exaggerative, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, outre, overdone, superlative, tall). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Exaggerated

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Late Latin300-700

superlativus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Exaggerated

Derivations

Words beginning with "exaggerated": exaggeratedly, exaggeratedness, exaggeratednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "exaggerated": overexaggerated. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Exaggerated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: axaggerate, ecaggerate, eggagerate, egsaggerate, exagerat, exagerate, exagerated, exagerrate, exagerrated, exaggerare, exaggeratted, exaggerrate, exaggerrated, exaggrate, exaggreate, exaggregate, exaggurate, exaugerate, exegerate, exggerate, exxagerate, exxagerated, exzaggerate, reaggregated, unaggregated. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Exaggerated"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "exaggerated" (pronounced igza"jerā'tud)
6-j er ā' t u drefrigerated.
5-er ā' t u daccelerated, adulterated, ameliorated, collaborated, commemorated, cooperated, corroborated, decelerated, decorated, degenerated, deliberated, deteriorated, invigorated, liberated, enumerated, evaporated, eviscerated, exasperated, exhilarated, exonerated, federated, generated, inaugurated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, moderated, obliterated, operated, perforated, proliferated, redecorated, regenerated, reinvigorated, reiterated, reverberated, saturated, separated, tolerated, unadulterated, unincorporated, unsaturated, venerated.
4-ā' t u dabrogated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, accumulated, activated, adjudicated, advocated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, allocated, alternated, amalgamated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, authenticated, automated, backdated, bifurcated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, communicated, compensated, complicated, concentrated, confiscated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, correlated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decimated, decontaminated, delegated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liquidated, litigated, located, lubricated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, domesticated, dominated, donated, duplicated, educated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enunciated, eradicated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, exacerbated, excavated, excommunicated, excoriated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, extricated, fabricated, facilitated, fascinated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, implicated, impregnated, inactivated, incapacitated, inculcated, indicated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, medicated, migrated, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, officiated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, pontificated, populated, precipitated, predicated, predominated, prefabricated, premeditated, prognosticated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, reallocated, rebated, recalculated, reciprocated, recreated, reevaluated, reformulated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, replicated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, segregated, serrated, simulated, situated, sophisticated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, suffocated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, truncated, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, uncomplicated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, uneducated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, ventilated.
3-t u dabstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Exaggerated

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-e-g-g-r-t-x"

-1 letter: exaggerate.

-2 letters: gadgeteer.

-3 letters: deaerate, retagged.

-4 letters: aerated, aggrade, deterge, etagere, exedrae, exerted, garaged, gradate, greeted, retaxed.

-5 letters: aerate, agreed, dagger, degage, degree, derate, dexter, dragee, ergate, exedra, gadget, garage, garget, geared, grated, ragged, raggee, ragtag, redate, reggae, tagged, tagger, tagrag, teared.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-e-g-g-r-t-x"
 

+2 letters: exaggeratedly.

 

+4 letters: exaggeratedness, overexaggerated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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