hyperbolic

Also hy·per·bol·i·cal

[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

Other Word Forms

• hyperbolically adverb
• nonhyperbolic adjective
• nonhyperbolical adjective
• nonhyperbolically adverb
• semihyperbolic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperbolic¹

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

Example Sentences

Oregon’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the president had applied a “baseless, wildly hyperbolic pretext” to send in the troops.

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“People ask, well, is ‘authoritarianism’ you being hyperbolic?”

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Others seemed to celebrate Kirk’s killing or suggest it was justified in some way given his own hyperbolic remarks from the past.

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When asked about White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's comment that Washington is more violent than Baghdad, Bowser said "any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false".

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"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," Bowser said.

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Related Words

• abstract 
• distorted 
• excessive 
• extravagant 
• fabricated 
• false 
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• inflated 
• magnified www.thesaurus.com
• melodramatic 
• overblown 
• overwrought 
• preposterous 
• pretentious 
• stylized www.thesaurus.com
• unrealistic