Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- intransitive verb To express with hyperbole.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To use hyperbole; speak or write with obvious exaggeration.
- To exaggerate; represent or speak of in a hyperbolical manner.
- Also spelled
hyperbolise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To speak or write with exaggeration.
- transitive verb To state or represent hyperbolically.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
exaggerate , usehyperbole . - verb transitive To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From hyperbole + -ize.
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