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Meaning of HYERBOLISE

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 Definition: [v]  to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
 
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 Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
 
 Antonyms: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate
 
 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

 

 

 

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