hyperbole
Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatementDeliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
» For once, media hyperbole matches reality.
Meaning
3 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)Deliberate overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
Hyperbel, Übertreibung
гипе́рболаgipérbola, преувеличе́ниеpreuveličénije
гіпе́рболаhipérbola
(countable)An instance or example of such overstatement.
(countable, obsolete)A hyperbola.
- extravagant exaggeration
Examples
5 sentencesFor once, media hyperbole matches reality.
I could eat a horse, and that's not hyperbole.
ruЯ мог бы лошадь съесть, и это не преувеличение.
deIch könnte – ohne mich hier einer Hyperbel zu bedienen – ein Pferd verspeisen.
"Hyperbole" is a fancy way of saying "exaggeration."
de„Hyberbel“ ist ein hochtrabender Ausdruck für „Übertreibung“.
Tom Jackson makes frequent use of hyperbole in his writing.
"Zelda, this is Ganon's place! Look at the floor—" "At last you have found my house!" "...I won't tolerate hyperbole."
ru«Зельда, вот дом Гэнона! Посмотри на пол–» — «Наконец вы нашли мой дом!» — «...Я не потерплю гипербол».
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολήFrom Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-). Doublet of hyperbola.
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Forms
plural: hyperboles| Singular | hyperbole |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- extravagant exaggeration:exaggeration
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable