'Hyperbolize' definitions:
Definition of 'hyperbolize'
(from WordNet)
verb
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate]
Definition of 'Hyperbolize'
From: GCIDE
- Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hyperbolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hyperbolizing.] [Cf. F. hyperboliser.] To speak or write with exaggeration. --Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hyperbolize'
From: GCIDE
- Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby. [1913 Webster]