HyperDic: hyperbole

English > 1 sense of the word hyperbole:
NOUNcommunicationhyperbole, exaggerationextravagant exaggeration
hyperbole > pronunciation
Soundshhayper'bahliy.
Rhymesably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy...
English > hyperbole: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningextravagant exaggeration.
Synonymexaggeration
Broadertrope, figure of speech, figure, imagelanguage used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Spanishexageración, hipérbole
Catalanexageració, hipèrbole
Adjectiveshyperbolicenlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
Verbshyperbolizeto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

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