hyperbolenoun [ U ]
uk/haɪˈpɜː.bəl.i/us/haɪˈpɝː.bəl.i/formala way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they are:
The blurb on the back of the book was full of the usual hyperbole - "enthralling", "fascinating", and so on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
See more results »
hyperbolic
adjective uk/ˌhaɪ.pəˈbɒl.ɪk/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈbɑː.lɪk/
hyperbolic rhetoric