exaggerative
/ig-zaj-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv/US // ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv //
夸大其词,夸张,夸张的,虚张声势
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : tending to exaggerate; involving or characterized by exaggeration.
Examples
I am afraid it is impossible to explain this monster amid the exaggerative sects and the eccentric clubs of my country.
He can be called exaggerative; but mere exaggeration conveys nothing of his typical talent.
He may have been morose, fanatical, exaggerative; but his bitter words suggest at least this dilemma.
Was it more than a figure of speech, an exaggerative personification under great emotion of what most people would call chance?
To Syme's exaggerative mind the bright, bleak houses and terraces by the Thames looked as empty as the mountains of the moon.
Level 2Browse all words →