HYPERBOLIZE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperbolize

verb

hī-ˈpər-bə-ˌlīz

Definition of hyperbolize

as in to exaggerate

to add to the interest of by including made-up details even if she did hyperbolize her account of an encounter with a bear, it still must have been pretty scary

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Recent Examples of hyperbolize Gauthier was hyperbolizing, but his statement looked true Monday. — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The filthy talk of collusion, of course hyperbolized by Unsocial Media, again is crawling out of the swamp. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023 The show examines stereotypes, hyperbolizes them, then deconstructs them. — Darren Franich, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2017

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exaggerate

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly framed settler violence in the West Bank as the work of a few dozen fringe youths and said its scale has been exaggerated.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
South Korea’s military, which often accuses the North of exaggerating its military technologies, did not immediately comment on KCNA’s report.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of exaggerate

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