hyperbolic

[ hahy-per-bol-ik ]

adjective

1. having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
2. using hyperbole; exaggerating.
3. Mathematics.
   1. of or relating to a hyperbola.
   2. derived from a hyperbola, as a hyperbolic function.

hyperbolic

/ ˌhaɪpəˈbɒlɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a hyperbola
2. rhetoric of or relating to a hyperbole

Derived Forms

• ˌhyperˈbolically, adverb

Other Words From

• hyper·boli·cal·ly adverb
• nonhy·per·bolic adjective
• nonhy·per·boli·cal adjective
• nonhy·per·boli·cal·ly adverb
• semi·hyper·bolic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperbolic¹

1640–50; hyperbole or hyperbol(a) + -ic

Example Sentences

All four men had publicly couched their opposition to mainstream public health efforts in the typically hyperbolic and sometimes paranoid rhetoric of conservative talk radio.

From Washington Post

I could be being hyperbolic — it is just a video game after all — but the hold that this game had on my youth was unlike any other.

From The Daily Beast

However, the hyperbolic language and imagery of brutal experimentation prevents medical providers from honestly confronting the various issues that do exist within the field.

From No Straight News

She has gained national attention for her embrace of conspiracy theories and her hyperbolic rhetoric.

From Washington Post

Because it had a hyperbolic, or escape, orbit around the Sun, 'Oumuamua is unlikely to pass our way again.

From Ars Technica

Again his language was hyperbolic, saying that the scheme would do more damage than the Luftwaffe had managed in World War II.

From The Daily Beast

But this new crop of hyperbolic Clintonistas seems different.

From The Daily Beast

It would be hyperbolic to crown Steve Beshear as a profile in courage.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, after nearly four years, there is a treasure trove of hyperbolic, over-the-top soundbites about it.

From The Daily Beast

H.L. Mencken, admittedly a fast man with a hyperbolic comparison, thought him more profound than Henry James.

From The Daily Beast

Such Oriental hyperbolic gratitude would have satisfied the greediest benefactor, and was infinitely in excess of what he owed me.

From Project Gutenberg

The real facts never became known, but the tales of these stirring times have been handed down in more or less hyperbolic form.

From Project Gutenberg

In many of these instances the hyperbolic gold and silver of the writers would undoubtedly be bronze.

From Project Gutenberg

In an hyperbolic involution any two conjugate points are harmonic conjugates with regard to the two foci.

From Project Gutenberg

In an hyperbolic involution the centre is the middle point between the foci.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abstract
• distorted
• excessive
• extravagant
• fabricated
• false
• farfetched
• inflated
• magnified
• melodramatic
• overblown
• overwrought
• preposterous
• pretentious
• stylized
• unrealistic