hyperbole

hy·per·bo·le

 (hī-pûr′bə-lē)

n.

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

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[Latin hyperbolē, from Greek huperbolē, excess, from huperballein, to exceed : huper, beyond; see hyper- + ballein, to throw; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

hyperbole

(haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ)

n

(Rhetoric) a deliberate exaggeration used for effect: he embraced her a thousand times.

[C16: from Greek: from hyper- + bolē a throw, from ballein to throw]

hyˈperbolism n

hy•per•bo•le

(haɪˈpɜr bə li)

n., pl. -les.

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.

2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” Compare litotes.

[1520–30; < Greek hyperbolḗ overshooting, excess, n. derivative of hyperbállein to throw beyond, exceed =hyper- hyper- + bállein to throw]

hyperbole

1. an obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “She’s as big as a house.” Cf. litotes. — hyperbolic, adj.

See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

hyperbole

1. The deliberate use of exaggeration in order to create an effect.

2. Use of exaggeration for emphasis.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hyperbole - extravagant exaggeration     exaggeration figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

hyperbole

noun exaggeration, hype (informal), overstatement, enlargement, magnification, amplification The debate was carried on with increasing rhetorical hyperbole.

hyperbole

noun

The act or an instance of exaggerating:

exaggeration, hyperbolism, overstatement, tall talk.

Translations

nadsázka

Hyperbel

υπερβολή

hipérbole

hyperbole

iperbole

hyperbole

hiperbola

гиперболаутрирование

hyperbole

[haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ] N → hipérbole f

hyperbole

[haɪˈpɜː^rbəli] n → hyperbole f

hyperbole

n (Liter) → Hyperbel f

hyperbole

[haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ] n → iperbole f