Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

hyperbole

Pronunciation: /hʌɪˈpəːbəli/

Translate hyperbole | into German | into Italian
Definition of hyperbole

noun

[mass noun]
  • exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally: he vowed revenge with oaths and hyperboles [mass noun]:you can’t accuse us of hyperbole

Derivatives

hyperbolical

Pronunciation: /ˌhʌɪpəˈbɒlɪk(ə)l/

adjective

hyperbolically

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɒlɪk(ə)li/

adverb

hyperbolism

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek huperbolē (see hyperbola)

hyperbole in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hyperbole in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈôfiNG /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …