Hyperbole - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |haɪˈpɜːrbəlɪ|  American pronunciation of the word hyperbole
Brit.  |haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ|  British pronunciation of the word hyperbole

noun

- extravagant exaggeration (syn: exaggeration)

Extra examples

...“enough food to feed a whole army” is a common example of hyperbole...

It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years.

Four decades later we're all blabbermouths, adrift on a sea of hyperbole, shouting to be heard.

Even if we discount the hyperbole evident in such accounts, they were far from inventions.

...there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist...

Word forms

noun
singular: hyperbole
plural: hyperboles
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