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Hyperbolize

Hyperbolize Meaning & Definition
Hyperbolize Definition And Meaning

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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