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All out of proportion synonyms

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adj out of proportion

  • hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
  • disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
  • irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
  • caricatural — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.

adjective out of proportion

  • magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
  • amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
  • zigzagged — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
  • embroidered — Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
  • elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
  • exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • extreme — Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
  • embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.

adv out of proportion

  • disproportionately — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
  • immensely — vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
  • illegally — forbidden by law or statute.
  • inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
  • indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.

adverb out of proportion

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