hyperbolize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hyperbolize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hyperbolize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hyperbolize v to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" Synonym(s): overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify Antonym(s): downplay, minimise, minimize, understate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyperbolize \Hyper"bolize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hyperbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hyperbolizing}.] [Cf. F. hyperboliser.] To speak or write with exaggeration. --Bp. Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hyperbolize \Hyper"bolize\, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby.