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

plural of hyperbole

present participle of hyperbolize

simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize

The property of being hyperbolic.

Hyperbolic

(uncountable) The use of hyperbole / (countable) An instance of hyperbole / (countable, geometry) A blow-up of a curve at a point.

plural of hyperbolism

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyperbolize

(intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole. / (transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.