About The Word Hyperbolize
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Hyperbolize
Hyperbolize Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Hyperbolize?
[v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hyperbolize: amplify | exaggerate | hyerbolise | magnify | overdraw | overstate Related Terms | Find terms related to Hyperbolize: See Also | aggrandise | aggrandize | blow | blow up | bluster | boast | brag | dramatise | dramatize | embellish | embroider | gas | gasconade | lard | misinform | mislead | overemphasise | overemphasize | overstress | pad | shoot a line | swash | tout | vaunt Hyperbolize In Webster's Dictionary \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Hyperbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hyperbolizing}.] [Cf. F.
hyperboliser.]
To speak or write with exaggeration. --Bp. Montagu.
\Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby. |
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