hyperbolize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolise; amplify.
    • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery

WordNet

Hy*per"bo*lize intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. hyperboliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hyperbolized ; present participle & verbal noun Hyperbolizing
Definitions
  1. To speak or write with exaggeration. Bp. Montagu.
Hy*per"bo*lize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To state or represent hyperbolically. Fotherby.

Webster 1913