v.tr.
1. (also absol.) give an impression of (a thing), esp. in speech or writing, that makes it seem larger or greater etc. than it really is.
2 enlarge or alter beyond normal or due proportions (spoke with exaggerated politeness).
Derivatives:
exaggeratedly adv. exaggeratingly adv. exaggeration n. exaggerative adj. exaggerator n.
Etymology: L exaggerare (as EX-(1), aggerare heap up f. agger heap)