exaggerating
exaggerating adjective: given to exaggeration or serving to exaggerate; overblown. Also the present participle and gerund of exaggerate.
Adjective
exaggerating (comparative more exaggerating, superlative most exaggerating)
- Given to exaggeration or serving to exaggerate; overblown.
- Bombastic Style is an affectation in the composition, either in presenting simple or common ideas under sonorous and pompous expressions, or in speaking of things which have but a vain appearance of grandeur in the most exaggerating manner.1846, Gabriel Surenne, A practical Grammar of French Rhetoric, page 264
- Then there are many men in the world, who, from a sincere desire of doing good, are, to say the least, very exaggerating in their phraseology, exalting mere indications of good into realities; and leaving altogether out of sight the reasoning of St. Paul on the subject, in the Epistle to the...1864, Paul L. Sandberg, God's Way to Man in Olden Times
Also used as
exaggerating is also the present participle and gerund of exaggerate.
exaggerating meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
exaggerating in Hindi
- अतिशयोक्ति करना, अतिरंजित करना
exaggerating in Marathi
- अतिशयोक्ती करणे
exaggerating in Urdu
- مبالغہ آرائی کرنا, مبالغہ کرنا
exaggerating in Telugu
- అతిశయోక్తి చేయడం
More languagesFewer languages
- exaggerating in Gujarati
- અતિશયોક્તિપૂર્ણ, અતિશયોક્તિ કરવી
- exaggerating in Odia
- ଅତିରଞ୍ଜିତ କରିବା, ଅତିଶଯ଼ୋକ୍ତି କରିବା
- exaggerating in Nepali
- अतिशयोक्ति गर्दै, अतिशयोक्ति गर्ने
Forms of exaggerating
| comparative | more exaggerating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most exaggerating |
Words formed from exaggerating
Questions about exaggerating
- What does exaggerating mean?
- Exaggerating means given to exaggeration or serving to exaggerate; overblown.
- What is exaggerating in Hindi?
- Exaggerating in Hindi is अतिशयोक्ति करना, अतिरंजित करना. See Exaggerating meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exaggerating?
- Exaggerating is an adjective.
Words near exaggerating in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exaggerating (page history and authors); exaggerating (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exaggerating (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “exaggerating.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/exaggerating. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.