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hyperbole
[ hahy-pur-buh-lee ]
noun
- obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
Synonyms: overstatement
Antonyms: understatement
hyperbole
/ haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ /
noun
- a deliberate exaggeration used for effect
he embraced her a thousand times
hyperbole
- An exaggerated, extravagant expression. It is hyperbole to say, “I'd give my whole fortune for a bowl of bean soup.”
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Derived Forms
- hyˈperbolism, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyperbole1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyperbole1
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Example Sentences
Exaggeration and hyperbole are constant campaign companions, as useful and expected as hammers and saws on a construction site.
Pardon the hyperbole, but there has never been a more aptly titled Good Wife episode than “Hitting the Fan.”
Unfortunately, Buchanan is not engaging in idle hyperbole or in simple wishful thinking.
Film festival reviews are, as is their wont, often prone to hyperbole.
But in a media age of hypercharged hyperbole, there is little room for gray.
The hyperbole of bores it is, to bore Congress for a hundred thousand dollars to go to the Pole!
Though my long exile had well-nigh cost me the trick of it, I made shift to drop into the stately Indian hyperbole.
There is one on the dowager countess of Pembroke (d. 1621), remarkable for its successful use of a somewhat daring hyperbole.
Hyperbole is an exaggerated form of statement, and is used to magnify or diminish an object.
It was so ever-present with him that there was neither paradox nor hyperbole in his words: I am never alone when I am alone.
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