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单词 hyperbolize
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hyperbolize

[ hahy-pur-buh-lahyz ]
/ haɪˈpɜr bəˌlaɪz /
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verb (used without object), hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing.

to use hyperbole; exaggerate.

verb (used with object), hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing.

to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.
Also especially British, hy·per·bo·lise .

Origin of hyperbolize

First recorded in 1590–1600; hyperbole + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM hyperbolize

out·hy·per·bo·lize, verb (used with object), out·hy·per·bo·lized, out·hy·per·bo·liz·ing.

Words nearby hyperbolize

hyperbolic, hyperbolic function, hyperbolic geometry, hyperbolic paraboloid, hyperbolism, hyperbolize, hyperboloid, Hyperborean, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, hypercapnia
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Example sentences from the Web for hyperbolize

  • They either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way.

    Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for hyperbolize

hyperbolize

hyperbolise

/ (haɪˈpɜːbəˌlaɪz) /

verb

to express (something) by means of hyperbole
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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