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HYPERBOLIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperbolize mean?
• HYPERBOLIZE (verb)
The verb HYPERBOLIZE has 1 sense:
1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Familiarity information: HYPERBOLIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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... he / she / it hyperbolizes Past simple: hyperbolized
Past participle: hyperbolized
-ing form: hyperbolizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate
Context example:
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery
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)
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