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hyperbolize
hy·per·bo·lize H0356800 (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 hyperbolisevb (Rhetoric) to express (something) by means of hyperbolehy•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 |
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| hyperbolize | | hyperbolize |
| Present |
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| I hyperbolize | | you hyperbolize | | he/she/it hyperbolizes | | we hyperbolize | | you hyperbolize | | they hyperbolize |
| Preterite |
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| I hyperbolized | | you hyperbolized | | he/she/it hyperbolized | | we hyperbolized | | you hyperbolized | | they hyperbolized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am hyperbolizing | | you are hyperbolizing | | he/she/it is hyperbolizing | | we are hyperbolizing | | you are hyperbolizing | | they are hyperbolizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have hyperbolized | | you have hyperbolized | | he/she/it has hyperbolized | | we have hyperbolized | | you have hyperbolized | | they have hyperbolized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was hyperbolizing | | you were hyperbolizing | | he/she/it was hyperbolizing | | we were hyperbolizing | | you were hyperbolizing | | they were hyperbolizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had hyperbolized | | you had hyperbolized | | he/she/it had hyperbolized | | we had hyperbolized | | you had hyperbolized | | they had hyperbolized |
| Future |
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| I will hyperbolize | | you will hyperbolize | | he/she/it will hyperbolize | | we will hyperbolize | | you will hyperbolize | | they will hyperbolize |
| Future Perfect |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would hyperbolize | | you would hyperbolize | | he/she/it would hyperbolize | | we would hyperbolize | | you would hyperbolize | | they would hyperbolize |
| Past Conditional |
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| 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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  hyperbolize - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"exaggerate, hyperbolise, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdrawmisinform, mislead - give false or misleading information tooveremphasise, 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 offaggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up - add details to |
hyperbolizeverbTo 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.hyperbolize
Synonyms for hyperbolizeverb to make (something) seem greater than is actually the caseSynonyms- exaggerate
- inflate
- magnify
- overcharge
- overstate
Synonyms for hyperbolizeverb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truthSynonyms- exaggerate
- hyperbolise
- overstate
- amplify
- magnify
- overdraw
Related Words- misinform
- mislead
- overemphasise
- overemphasize
- overstress
- boast
- brag
- gasconade
- shoot a line
- vaunt
- tout
- gas
- bluster
- swash
- blow
- aggrandise
- aggrandize
- embellish
- pad
- embroider
- lard
- dramatise
- dramatize
- blow up
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