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hyperbolize en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/ (UK)
• /haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ὑπερ- (huper-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek ὑπερβάλλω (huperbállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ)bor. Latin hyperbolēbor. Middle English iperbole English hyperbole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English hyperbolize From hyperbole + -ize.

Meanings

1. (archaic, intransitive) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
2. (archaic, transitive) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
   • But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000? 2000, Vivian Carol Sobchack, Meta Morphing, page 123:
   • to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.203

Forms

Deriveds

hyperbolizer

Synonyms

exaggerate · big up · cut it fat · overemphasize · overstate · overdo · overcharge · stretch · three-sheet · overstate · hyperbolize · stretch · play up · overemphasize