Meaning of HYPERBOLIZE
| Pronunciation: | | hI'purbu`lIz
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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, hyerbolise, 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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\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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