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

It is not hyperbolic to say that lives will be changed by this World Cup final.

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Speaking as a Black historian, I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that the 2020s have presented arguably the greatest sustained attack against Black civil rights since the 1960s.

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The rhetoric bordered on hyperbolic, with Friedman describing the performance of the Phillies’ pitchers in historic terms.

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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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Related Words

• abstract 
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• inflated 
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• overblown 
• overwrought 
• preposterous 
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• unrealistic