hyperbolize | ||
1. | [ verb ] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | |
Synonyms: | exaggerate magnify amplify overdraw hyerbolise overstate | |
Examples: | tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery" |
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Related terms: | understate misinform boast overemphasize embroider exaggeration exaggeration | |
Similar spelling: |
hyperbole hyperbolic hyperbola hyperboloidal hyperbolically hyperborean hyperboloid hypervolemia hypervolaemia |