Lingaku大げさ【おおげさ】
Frequency rank: 5,489. – 5,493.
- grandiose; exaggerated
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 大げさ【おおげさ】Frequency rank: 5,489. – 5,493.
- 大袈裟【おおげさ】Frequency rank: 8,524. – 8,536.
- おおげさFrequency rank: 45,256. – 46,118.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- grandiose; exaggerated
This word is used to describe something that is larger than life or excessively dramatic, often in a way that is not genuine or is overemphasized.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おおげさにゆう大げさに言うto say in an exaggerated wayおおげさ大げさなひょうげん表現exaggerated expressionおおげさ大げさなじんぶつ人物grandiose personおおげさ大げさなりあくしょんリアクションexaggerated reactionおおげさ大げさなはなし話exaggerated storyおおげさ大げさにふるまう振る舞うto behave grandioselyおおげさ大げさにそうしょく装飾するto decorate in an exaggerated mannerおおげさ大げさにふりまわす振り回すto manipulate in an exaggerated wayおおげさ大げさすぎる過ぎるtoo exaggeratedおおげさ大げさなこうこく広告grandiose advertisement
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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It is no exaggeration to say that, as far as he was concerned, his wife was life itself to him.
He used so much inflated language in his speech today I couldn't figure out what he was saying.
The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
Don't take it literally. He is inclined to exaggerate.
You may depend upon it that the story is exaggerated.
The agitator is inclined to exaggerate trivial matters.