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exaggerated

/ɛɡ-/
verb
  1. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.

    "He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating. The real number is about ten."

Synonymsbig up, hyperbolize, overexaggerate, overstate
Antonymsbelittle, downplay, trivialize, understate
adjective
  1. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

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