hyperbolize

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hy·per·bo·lize

(hī-pûr′bə-līz′)

v. hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing, hy·per·bo·liz·es

v.intr.

To use hyperbole; exaggerate.

v.tr.

To express with hyperbole.

hyperbolize

(haɪˈpɜːbəˌlaɪz) or

hyperbolise

(Rhetoric) to express (something) by means of hyperbole

hy•per•bo•lize

(haɪˈpɜr bəˌlaɪz)

v. -lized, -liz•ing. v.i.

1. to use hyperbole; exaggerate.

v.t.

2. to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.

[1590–1600]

hyperbolize

Past participle: hyperbolized
Gerund: hyperbolizing

Imperative
hyperbolize
hyperbolize

Present
I hyperbolize
you hyperbolize
he/she/it hyperbolizes
we hyperbolize
you hyperbolize
they hyperbolize

Preterite
I hyperbolized
you hyperbolized
he/she/it hyperbolized
we hyperbolized
you hyperbolized
they hyperbolized

Present Continuous
I am hyperbolizing
you are hyperbolizing
he/she/it is hyperbolizing
we are hyperbolizing
you are hyperbolizing
they are hyperbolizing

Present Perfect
I have hyperbolized
you have hyperbolized
he/she/it has hyperbolized
we have hyperbolized
you have hyperbolized
they have hyperbolized

Past Continuous
I was hyperbolizing
you were hyperbolizing
he/she/it was hyperbolizing
we were hyperbolizing
you were hyperbolizing
they were hyperbolizing

Past Perfect
I had hyperbolized
you had hyperbolized
he/she/it had hyperbolized
we had hyperbolized
you had hyperbolized
they had hyperbolized

Future
I will hyperbolize
you will hyperbolize
he/she/it will hyperbolize
we will hyperbolize
you will hyperbolize
they will hyperbolize

Future Perfect
I will have hyperbolized
you will have hyperbolized
he/she/it will have hyperbolized
we will have hyperbolized
you will have hyperbolized
they will have hyperbolized

Future Continuous
I will be hyperbolizing
you will be hyperbolizing
he/she/it will be hyperbolizing
we will be hyperbolizing
you will be hyperbolizing
they will be hyperbolizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hyperbolizing
you have been hyperbolizing
he/she/it has been hyperbolizing
we have been hyperbolizing
you have been hyperbolizing
they have been hyperbolizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hyperbolizing
you will have been hyperbolizing
he/she/it will have been hyperbolizing
we will have been hyperbolizing
you will have been hyperbolizing
they will have been hyperbolizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hyperbolizing
you had been hyperbolizing
he/she/it had been hyperbolizing
we had been hyperbolizing
you had been hyperbolizing
they had been hyperbolizing

Conditional
I would hyperbolize
you would hyperbolize
he/she/it would hyperbolize
we would hyperbolize
you would hyperbolize
they would hyperbolize

Past Conditional
I would have hyperbolized
you would have hyperbolized
he/she/it would have hyperbolized
we would have hyperbolized
you would have hyperbolized
they would have hyperbolized

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Verb

hyperbolize - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

exaggerate, hyperbolise, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw

misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to

overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress - place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow - show off

aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up - add details to

hyperbolize

verb

To make (something) seem greater than is actually the case:

exaggerate, inflate, magnify, overcharge, overstate.

Idioms: blow up out of proportion, lay it on thick, stretch the truth.

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