hyperbole
hyperbole
Definition
hy·per·bole (hī pʉr′bə lē)
noun
exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally (Ex: He's as strong as an ox.)
Etymology: L < Gr: see hyperbola
hyperbole
Synonyms
hyperbole
Usage Examples
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.
hyperbole Quotes
Nationalism, and its chum, patriotism, encourage unedifying hyperbole.
It is scarcely hyperbole to say that tomorrow the whole Moghul Empire is in our power.
The speaking in perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love.
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