Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to exaggerate
Participle: exaggerated
Gerund: exaggerating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | exaggerate |
| you | exaggerate |
| he;she;it | exaggerates |
| we | exaggerate |
| you | exaggerate |
| they | exaggerate |
Perfect
| I | have exaggerated |
| you | have exaggerated |
| he;she;it | has exaggerated |
| we | have exaggerated |
| you | have exaggerated |
| they | have exaggerated |
Past
| I | exaggerated |
| you | exaggerated |
| he;she;it | exaggerated |
| we | exaggerated |
| you | exaggerated |
| they | exaggerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had exaggerated |
| you | had exaggerated |
| he;she;it | had exaggerated |
| we | had exaggerated |
| you | had exaggerated |
| they | had exaggerated |
Future
| I | will exaggerate |
| you | will exaggerate |
| he;she;it | will exaggerate |
| we | will exaggerate |
| you | will exaggerate |
| they | will exaggerate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have exaggerated |
| you | will have exaggerated |
| he;she;it | will have exaggerated |
| we | will have exaggerated |
| you | will have exaggerated |
| they | will have exaggerated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | exaggerate |
| you | exaggerate |
| he;she;it | exaggerate |
| we | exaggerate |
| you | exaggerate |
| they | exaggerate |
Perfect
| I | have exaggerated |
| you | have exaggerated |
| he;she;it | have exaggerated |
| we | have exaggerated |
| you | have exaggerated |
| they | have exaggerated |
Imperfect
| I | exaggerated |
| you | exaggerated |
| he;she;it | exaggerated |
| we | exaggerated |
| you | exaggerated |
| they | exaggerated |
Pluperfect
| I | had exaggerated |
| you | had exaggerated |
| he;she;it | had exaggerated |
| we | had exaggerated |
| you | had exaggerated |
| they | had exaggerated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would exaggerate |
| you | would exaggerate |
| he;she;it | would exaggerate |
| we | would exaggerate |
| you | would exaggerate |
| they | would exaggerate |
Perfect
| I | would have exaggerated |
| you | would have exaggerated |
| he;she;it | would have exaggerated |
| we | would have exaggerated |
| you | would have exaggerated |
| they | would have exaggerated |
Imperative
| you | exaggerate |
| we | Let's exaggerate |
| you | exaggerate |
Verbs conjugated like 'exaggerate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'exaggerate'
aggerate,
exasperate,
exaugurate,
aggrate,
eggcrate,
emacerate,
exacerbate,
exagitate,
exarate,
exenterate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1533, "to pile up, accumulate," from L. exaggeratus, pp. of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," from ex- "thoroughly" + aggerare "heap up," from agger (gen. aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry." Sense of "overstate" first recorded in Eng. 1564.
2. Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] first patches of American soil peeped like molehills from the green sea, and followed them, as they swelled, by slow and almost imperceptible degrees, into a continuous line of coast, can hardly be exaggerated. A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] will find it in its full bloom and glory, luxuriant in all its alarming recklessness, at Washington. And let him not persuade himself (as I once did, to my shame ) that previous tourists have exaggerated its extent. The thing itself is an exaggeration of nastiness, which cannot be outdone.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I am inclined to think that the noise of the Falls is very much exaggerated; and this will appear the more probable when the depth of the great basin in which the water is received, is taken into account. At no time during our stay there, was the wind at all high or [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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But then again, they 're movies. They 're supposed to be exaggerated...
(Memory of Princess Mumbi)