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HYPERBOLIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hyperbolize ... he / she / it hyperbolizes
Past simple: hyperbolized
Past participle: hyperbolized
-ing form: hyperbolizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Example:
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery
Synonyms:
amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "hyperbolize" is one way to...):
misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hyperbolize"):
overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress (place special or excessive emphasis on)
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)
aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad (add details to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
hyperbole (extravagant exaggeration)
