a bit thick

ADJECTIVE

exaggerated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abstract distorted excessive extravagant fabricated false farfetched hyperbolic inflated magnified melodramatic overblown overwrought preposterous pretentious stylized unrealistic

STRONG

amplified bouncing embroidered exalted overdone overestimated steep strained

WEAK

artificial caricatural fabulous fantastic hammy highly colored histrionic histrionical impossible out of proportion overkill schmaltzy sensational spectacular tall too much too-too

Antonyms

STRONGEST

actual believable calm factual moderate real realistic reasonable sensible straight

WEAK

depreciated minimized played down reduced understated unembellished unexaggerated

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a bit thick

This volume’s notion that Grossman’s writings “gesture towards the Homeric epic” is laying it on a bit thick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

"The Taiwanese version pays a lot of attention to the batter. It tastes a bit thick and sticky but Taiwanese people love it," food critic Liz Kao says.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024

It’s a bit thick, including the cute little cover, but does not feel thick at all.

From The Verge ● Aug. 25, 2022

Also, the climactic moment in the premiere resembles the last segment of “Heat,” which is laying it on a bit thick.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2018

He was impressively strong, if a bit thick around the middle.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

a bit thick

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