Exaggerative — Ex*ag ger*a*tive, a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. Exaggerative language. Geddes. Exaggerative pictures. W. J. Linton. {Ex*ag ger*a*tive*ly}, adv. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exaggerative — index inflated (overestimated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exaggerative — adjective see exaggerate … New Collegiate Dictionary
exaggerative — exaggeratively, adv. /ig zaj euh ray tiv, euhr euh tiv/, adj. tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration. Also, exaggeratory /ig zaj euhr euh tawr ee, tohr ee/. [1790 1800; EXAGGERATE + IVE] * * * … Universalium
exaggerative — adjective Marked by exaggeration … Wiktionary
exaggerative — adj. characterized by exaggeration; tending to exaggerate, tending to make something seem greater or more important than it really is … English contemporary dictionary
exaggerative — ex·ag·ger·a·tive … English syllables
exaggerative — /əgˈzædʒərətɪv/ (say uhg zajuhruhtiv), /ɛg / (say eg ) adjective given to or characterised by exaggeration. Also, exaggeratory /əgˈzædʒərətri/ (say uhg zajuhruhtree), / reɪtəri/ (say raytuhree), /ɛg / (say eg ) …
exaggerative — … Useful english dictionary
Exaggeratively — Exaggerative Ex*ag ger*a*tive, a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. Exaggerative language. Geddes. Exaggerative pictures. W. J. Linton. {Ex*ag ger*a*tive*ly}, adv. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Make a mountain out of a molehill — Making a mountain out of a molehill is an idiom referring to over reactive, histrionic behaviour where a person makes too much of a minor issue. Metaphor The idiom is a metaphor for the common behaviour of responding disproportionately to… … Wikipedia