verb
Meaning 1
To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hyperbolize
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Pronunciation
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UK: /haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/
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US: /haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/
verb
Meaning 2
To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overemphasize, overstate, stretch, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, play up, three-sheet
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misinform, mislead
Narrower terms: overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hyperbole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hyperbolize From hyperbole + -ize.