hyperbolize
/hʌɪˈpəːbəlʌɪz
/(also hyperbolise)
verb [no object]
Represent something as being larger, better, or worse than it really is; exaggerate: victims are prone to hyperbolize and invent details that just aren’t there [with object]: his wife had somewhat hyperbolized his claim...
- We needn't hyperbolize it by adding 65 feet to the distance.
- Tellers of good tales rather tend to hyperbolize the details in order to make the story just a bit better.
- The victims tend to hyperbolize and to freely edit what has taken place.
- byroad
- Byron, George Gordon
- Byronic
- by-rote
- by rule
- by sea
- byssal
- byssinosis
- byssus
- bystander
- bystreet
- byte
- by the book
- by the bye
- by the by (or bye)
- by the day
- by the dozen
- by the grace of God
- by the gross
- by the head
- by the minute
- by themselves
- by the numbers
- by the same (or that or this) token
- by the same token