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exaggerative

exaggerative adjective: marked by exaggeration.

Adjective

exaggerative (comparative more exaggerative, superlative most exaggerative)

  1. Marked by exaggeration.
    • […] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]1876, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 37, page 238

Forms of exaggerative

comparativemore exaggerative
superlativemost exaggerative

Origin of exaggerative

From exaggerate + -ive.

Words formed from exaggerative

Questions about exaggerative

What does exaggerative mean?
Exaggerative means marked by exaggeration.
What part of speech is exaggerative?
Exaggerative is an adjective.

Words near exaggerative in the dictionary

  1. exaggeratest
  2. exaggerating
  3. exaggeratingly
  4. exaggeration
  5. exaggerations
  6. exaggerative
  7. exaggeratively
  8. exaggerativeness
  9. exaggerator
  10. exaggerators
  11. exaggeratory

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