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 |
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| 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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