hyperbolize
[hahy-pur-buh-lahyz]
verb (used without object), hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing.
to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
verb (used with object), hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing.
to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.
Also especially British, hy·per·bo·lise.
Origin of hyperbolize
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Related Words for hyperbolize
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Contemporary Examples of hyperbolize
They either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way.
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