hyperbole

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

rhetoric uncountable countable obsolete

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement. / (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.

Japanese Meaning

故意または非故意の、実際以上に極端に物事を大げさに表現する行為や現象。 / そのような誇張表現の具体的な例やケース。

When he called the mountain 'the tallest in the world,' most listeners dismissed it as hyperbole rather than fact.

彼がその山を「世界で一番高い」と呼んだとき、ほとんどの聞き手はそれを事実というより誇張だと一蹴した。

Sense（1）

(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

Hyperbole soars too high, or creeps too low,

Exceeds the truth, things wonderful to shew.]

Sense（2）

(countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.

Sense（3）

(countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.

hyperboles

（ plural ）