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Meanings of hyperbole in English
Rhetorical device.
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Synonyms
Examples for "exaggeration"
Examples for "exaggeration"
1
That is no exaggeration, even if recent competition is not exactly ferocious.
2
It's an exaggeration to say that a thousand flowers are yet blooming.
3
Yes, it's no exaggeration to say that I owe everything to her.
4
There is often much exaggeration, much unfairness, much acrimony in their debates.
5
But it was possible that the bit about Satanism was an exaggeration.
1
In an era given to wild overstatement, the words were vanishingly mild.
2
What part of that particular overstatement could have turned in her favour?
3
The overstatement may yet turn out to be smaller than initially estimated.
4
One of the characteristics of a legend is its overstatement of fact.
5
It's no overstatement to say that we are all obsessed with sleep.
Usage of hyperbole in English
1
Beneath the hyperbole, however, is a good book waiting to get out.
2
A natural expert in hyperbole, he had not exaggerated in the least.
3
In any given year, annual teacher conventions are no strangers to hyperbole.
4
It was also a year of half-truths, hyperbole, blunders, and broken promises.
5
That is objective fact; as a Vulcan, I am incapable of hyperbole.
6
Even from politicians, such language this time bears no trace of hyperbole.
7
She had learned, long ago, that LA newscasters were masters of hyperbole.
8
The last statement was hyperbole, but Quinn knew better than to object.
9
It is a mere rhetorical figure-whatthey call in the books, hyperbole.
10
This wouldn't be hyperbole in terms of injuries on a footy field.
11
It's not hyperbole to say that nobody really does stand-up like him.
12
It might be loaded with hyperbole, but something is definitely happening here.
13
He sat down again in confusion at having been led into hyperbole.
14
So when we say the class was pandemonium we're using hyperbole to-
15
I know that these kinds of corporate presentations are prone to hyperbole.
16
The hyperbole of Juliet seemed to be verified with respect to them.
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Translations for hyperbole
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Hyperbole through the time
Hyperbole across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common