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exaggerated

/ɪɡˈzæd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɪd/ adjectif B1

En français : exagéré

  1. That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
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The reasoning was close and intense, but the deductions appeared to me to be far-fetched and exaggerated.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 17 · B2
“Its importance can hardly be exaggerated.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 8 · B2
Villefort dictated a petition, in which, from an excellent intention, no doubt, Dantès’ patriotic services were exaggerated, and he was made out one of the most active agents of Napoleon’s return.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 124 · C1
Speaking of my old friend and biographer, I would take this opportunity to remark that if I burden myself with a companion in my various little inquiries it is not done out of sentiment or caprice, but it is that Watson has some remarkable characteristics of his own, to which in his modesty he has given small attention amid his exaggerated estimates of my own performances.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2

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