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hyperbole
UK /haɪˈpɜːbəli/ US /haɪˈpɝbəli/
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
fancy, frequent, high
VERB + HYPERBOLE
given, listen, termed, tolerate, use, won't
HYPERBOLE + NOUN
patience, reality, tom
PREP.
in, with, without
ADV.
once, sometimes, such
Definitions
noun
1
Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low, Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew.
The great staircase, however, may be termed, without much hyperbole, a feature of grandeur and magnificence.
2
An instance or example of such overstatement.
[…]and when he ſpeakes, / 'Tis like a Chime a mending. With tearmes vnſquar' / Which from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropt, / Would ſeemes Hyperboles
The honourable gentleman forces us to hear a good deal of this detestable rhetoric; and then he asks why, if the secretaries of the Nizam and the King of Oude use all these tropes and hyperboles, Lord Ellenborough should not indulge in the same sort of eloquence?
3
A hyperbola.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — extravagant exaggeration
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low, Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew.
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The great staircase, however, may be termed, without much hyperbole, a feature of grandeur and magnificence.
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"Nay, nay, good Sumach," interrupted the Deerslayer, whose love of truth was too indomitable to listen to such hyperbole, with patience[…]
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"Zelda, this is Ganon's place! Look at the floor—" "At last you have found my house!" "...I won't tolerate hyperbole."
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Mary is sometimes given to hyperbole. When Tom arrived much later than he'd promised, Mary said: "I've gone through four seasons waiting for you."
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I could eat a horse, and that's not hyperbole.
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