Converse of object

• use: Why would the son of God confuse us by using hyperbole?

• avoid: Item notes within this site aim for honesty and reliability and attempt to avoid hyperbole and deceipt.

• forgive: Colin Adams [ NOTE: Forgive the hyperbole, which I'm sure is recognized by most readers.

• seem: What might seem a hyperbole is only to repeat what I hear on every side.

• put: I could have really put the hyperbole into top gear and said that you would not take mental health reform seriously.

• need: Meirelles knows all this, yet he probably thought he needed melodramatic hyperbole to win over his audience's hearts and minds.

Adjective modifier

• mere: This isn't mere hyperbole, this isn't myth, this is a fact.

• such: I suppose using such hyperbole makes Coldplay feel good about themselves.

• much: I think perhaps the Irish Minister of Agriculture is guilty of a little too much hyperbole.

• rhetorical: Merely downgrading them as ' rhetorical hyperbole ' does not seem to be possible, for they are so diverse in their contexts.

• typical: Some treat them with a pinch of salt, seeing the stories as typical press hyperbole to boost sales.

• little: I think perhaps the Irish Minister of Agriculture is guilty of a little too much hyperbole.

Noun used with modifier

• school: As a keynote speaker his style is challenging, honest and goading; free of business school hyperbole, he makes his audience think.

• business: As a keynote speaker his style is challenging, honest and goading; free of business school hyperbole, he makes his audience think.

• marketing: Even allowing for marketing hyperbole, they must have known that it would give rise to some kind of difficulties.

• press: Some treat them with a pinch of salt, seeing the stories as typical press hyperbole to boost sales.

• advertising: As advertising hyperbole it certainly sounded impressive - even if it was untrue.