exaggerative

American  

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] / ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv /

Also exaggeratory

adjective

1. tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.

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Other Word Forms

• exaggeratively adverb
• nonexaggerative adjective
• nonexaggeratory adjective
• unexaggerative adjective
• unexaggeratory adjective

Etymology

Origin of exaggerative

First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive

Example Sentences

It was monstrously alive, monstrously vigorous; at times over-strong and over-vital, exaggerative of nature, but never really unnatural, and he never once overreached himself in an effort.

From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Verbally considered, Carlyle's French Revolution was more revolutionary than the real French Revolution: and if Carrier, in an exaggerative phrase, empurpled the Loire with carnage, Turner almost literally set the Thames on fire.

From The Victorian Age in Literature by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

There was no doubt—making due allowance for Moongarr Bill's exaggerative optimism—that the find was a genuine one.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

Thus Thoreau was an exaggerative and a parabolical writer, not because he loved the literature of the East, but from a desire that people should understand 115 and realise what he was writing.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The two, to the dim eye of Idle, far below, look in the exaggerative mist, like a pair of friendly giants, mounting the steps of some invisible castle together. 

From Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Dickens, Charles