Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-pur-buh-lahyz]
- /haɪˈpɜr bəˌlaɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hahy-pur-buh-lahyz]
- /haɪˈpɜr bəˌlaɪz/
Definitions of hyperbolize word
- verb without object hyperbolize to use hyperbole; exaggerate. 1
- verb with object hyperbolize to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration. 1
- noun hyperbolize (intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole. 1
- verb hyperbolize to express (something) by means of hyperbole 0
- verb transitive hyperbolize to express with or use hyperbole 0
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Origin of hyperbolize
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; hyperbole + -ize
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hyperbolize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hyperbolize popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hyperbolize usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hyperbolize
verb hyperbolize
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
Antonyms for hyperbolize
verb hyperbolize
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
See also
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