Definition of "exaggerated" []

• That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate. (verb)

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• "Brotherhood spokesman Essam El-Erian dispels what he calls an exaggerated fear of an Islamist "take over.""
• "In an interview with The Wall Street Journal that ran the day he retired, Mr. Smith expressed frustration at what he described as exaggerated portrayals."
• "Rumsfeld blamed that perception on what he called exaggerated accounts of violence by U.S. and Arabic media outlets, which he did not name, but which he said reported inflated numbers of Iraqi deaths and attacks on mosques."