Crossword-Solution: EXAGGERATED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Exaggerated | imp. & p. p. | of Exaggerate |
| Exaggerated | a. | Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. |
We have 52 clues for the answer “EXAGGERATED”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Opposite of minimized | 1 answer |
| Adjective for a melodrama | 1 answer |
| STEEP story | 2 answers |
| Johnsonian | 8 answers |
| sesquipedalian | 8 answers |
| bluffing | 9 answers |
| hyperbolical | 10 answers |
| magnified | 10 answers |
| fustian | 20 answers |
| Exorbitant | 28 answers |
| turgid | 28 answers |
| overformal | 28 answers |
| stilted | 30 answers |
| Expanded | 32 answers |
| distended | 35 answers |
| mannered | 36 answers |
| Superfluous | 42 answers |
| ornate | 43 answers |
| Puffed | 44 answers |
| stodgy | 46 answers |
| wooden | 47 answers |
| Stuffy | 50 answers |
| Posh | 50 answers |
| spurious | 51 answers |
| Overdone | 53 answers |
| Boastful | 54 answers |
| Solemn | 55 answers |
| outrageous | 55 answers |
| redundant | 55 answers |
| Showy | 58 answers |
| Extravagant | 60 answers |
| inflated | 61 answers |
| hard going | 61 answers |
| Tall | 62 answers |
| Ponderous. | 62 answers |
| rhetorical | 63 answers |
| Precious | 64 answers |
| ARTIFICIAL ___ | 65 answers |
| Ostentatious | 65 answers |
| Conceited | 66 answers |
| swollen | 67 answers |
| Bombastic | 72 answers |
| exalted | 73 answers |
| Unnatural | 77 answers |
| "Dear __" | 77 answers |
| Pretentious | 77 answers |
| Fan-tastic! | 80 answers |
| Affected | 80 answers |
| Elaborate | 80 answers |
| Pompous ___ | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RATEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXAGGERATED (5)
Look! Look!” Hester looked by way of humouring the child; and she saw that, owing to the peculiar effect of this convex mirror, the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, so as to be greatly the most prominent feature of her appearance.
The production of special anti-virus software has become an industry, and a number of exaggerated media reports have caused outbreaks of near hysteria among users; many {luser}s tend to blame *everything* that doesn't work as they had expected on virus attacks.
The devotion of the Knight to Rebecca’s defence was exaggerated beyond the bounds, not only of discretion, but even of the most frantic excess of chivalrous zeal; and his deference to what she said, even although her language was often severe and upbraiding, was painted as carried to an excess, which, in a man of his haughty temper, seemed almost preternatural.
About her were clustered a score of curious natives—mostly men, for among the aborigines it is the male who owns this characteristic in its most exaggerated form.
Taking into consideration the mean of observations made at divers times,—rejecting the timid estimate of those who assigned to this object a length of two hundred feet, equally with the exaggerated opinions which set it down as a mile in width and three in length,—we might fairly conclude that this mysterious being surpassed greatly all dimensions admitted by the ichthyologists of the day, if it existed at all.
Quotes with EXAGGERATED (3)
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
The hardest bones, containing the richest marrow, can be conquered only by a united crushing of all the teeth of all dogs. That of course is only a figure of speech and exaggerated; if all teeth were but ready they would not need even to bite, the bones would crack themselves and the marrow would be freely accessible to the feeblest of dogs. If I remain faithful to this metaphor, then the goal of my aims, my questions, my inquiries, appears monstrous, it is true. For I want t…
People who actually have good advice seldom give it voluntarily, instead others seek them out for it. They do not shove it down people's throats just to boost their exaggerated sense of importance.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1983–1993).