hyperbolic
adjective
having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
hyperbolical
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a variation of
hyperbolic.
Example Sentences
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Crude WhatsApp exchanges were framed as entirely typical of the style of many on the messaging service; indulging in the "ephemeral, pejorative, hyperbolical" as he put it.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
"It's easily the most hyperbolical and glitzily exciting festival to be at," says Toback.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2013
The passion of love is dominant throughout, and it is treated in the most exalted and hyperbolical spirit.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
I think I see you—for I try to see you in the flesh as I write these sentences—I think I see you leap at the word pigsty, a hyperbolical expression at the best.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Chang-wang, after assuring Mr. Holmes his hyperbolical theories were "erroneous," must have felt himself grossly insulted by the latter's uncourteous catechising.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley
