exaggerated

[ ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid ]

/ ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪd /

unduly or unrealistically magnified: to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself.

abnormally increased or enlarged.

Origin of exaggerated

First recorded in 1545–55; exaggerate + -ed²

ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverb non·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective non·ex·ag·ger·at·ed·ly, adverb self-ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective

un·ex·ag·ger·at·ed, adjective

But she had only a faint—and exaggeratedly mistaken—notion about sixty-five hundred a year—six and a half thousands.

The Grain Of Dust |David Graham Phillips
In a mixed company she was, perhaps, exaggeratedly conscious of her minute stature.

Memoirs of a Midget |Walter de la Mare
Baxter vehemently and exaggeratedly denounced it as a breach of the sixth commandment.

The Funny Side of Physic |A. D. Crabtre
And once she had compromised poor Sir Lionel, it would be too late, for I have an idea he'd be exaggeratedly honourable.

Set in Silver |Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

For a time she did not answer, as if he who spoke was no more than any youth of the settlement, so exaggeratedly absorbed was she.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills |Vingie E. Roe

exaggerated

/ (ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪtɪd) /

unduly or excessively magnified; enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

pathol abnormally enlarged an exaggerated spleen

exaggeratedly, adverb