out of proportion
1out of proportion — index disparate, disproportionate, extreme (exaggerated), inapt, incommensurate, inept (inappropriate) …
2out of proportion — phrasal : disproportionately, excessively as the speed of a plane approaches … 750 miles an hour the amount of power needed … increases out of all proportion G.R.Harrison * * * in the wrong relation to the size, shape, or position of other things …
3out of proportion — ► in (or out of) proportion 1) according (or not according) to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree. 2) regarded without (or with) exaggeration. Main Entry: ↑proportion …
4out of proportion — adjective Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size. I only said that she wasnt as young as she used to be, and her response was out of proportion …
5out of proportion — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, absurd, anomalous, asymmetric, disparate, disproportionate, ill adapted, ill assorted, ill chosen, ill fitted, ill matched, ill sorted, ill suited, ill timed, improper, inadequate, inadmissible, inapplicable …
6out of proportion — not in proportion, exaggerated …
7blow out of proportion — If you exaggerate the importance of something, you blow it out of proportion. The importance of the event was blown out of proportion by the media …
8in (or out of) proportion — according (or not according) to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree. ↘regarded without (or with) exaggeration. → proportion …
9blown out of proportion — see ↑proportion • • • Main Entry: ↑blow …
10blow out of proportion — verb To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with. I dont think we need to blow it out of proportion. Theres a problem, and we should fix it …
