hyperbolic
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7.5
- adjective
- /haɪˈpɜrbəlɪk/
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hiperbólico
- Although hyperbolic, the account accurately records that Maitland's journey had been rife with difficulties.
- hyperbolic nature
This is just so aggressive and hyperbolic and over the top.
- This is just so aggressive and hyperbolic and over the top.
- I'd like to present a fairly hysterical or hyperbolic example around this.
- No one's the world is full of these kind of hyperbolic promises.
- They're out, and I'm not being in the least bit hyperbolic.
- But what this talks about to me, and maybe I'm, I'm being hyperbolic and please push back if you think I am.
- So you might say Donald Trump is hyperbolic or Tucker Carlson is catastrophizing.
- When I try not to exaggerate, but many of my statements sound as if they're hyperbolic.
- Because you again, on online, you get a lot of this kind of very, it seems like hyperbolic, overstated.
- Throughout all of the controversies, she defended herself by saying it was all hyperbolic satire, right?
- Like you guys maybe ruin for hyperbolic point.
- And I put it on the podcast, which is I believe titled sounds a little hyperbolic, but how to build a world Class Network in Record time?
- We have we have reached a moment of crisis, which I know you you don't love when people use the hyperbolic use the word.
Examples
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I'm not always a fan of Elon Musk's hyperbolic marketing, but what Starlink is doing is exactly as cool and important as he says it is.
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In part, the explanation is that constitutional arguments, on both sides, are characteristically hyperbolic.
Academic text (1992) -
Believe me, I am the least hyperbolic person ever born.
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This is just so aggressive and hyperbolic and over the top.
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His annual addresses to the college, with their hyperbolic style, became legends of inspiration.
Academic text (1995) -
Perhaps you can think of a less hyperbolic example of where medical dishonesty can lead.
Blog text (22) -
l'm merely being hyperbolic to prove a point.
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I am going to assume that Mr. Scalzi was simply being hyperbolic in sarcasm.
Blog text (13) -
And frankly, judging by your relatively heroic behavior in the church earlier today, I'm inclined to dismiss some of Walker's renditions as maybe a little bit hyperbolic.
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The professor's hyperbolic remarks about his research led many to believe he was exaggerating.
Synonyms
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5.7
Exaggerated and showy in style or speech
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8.5
Using big, showy words that have little real meaning
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4.9
Looks bigger or more important than it really is
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6.8
Saying something with too much force so it sounds fake
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8.9
Using words or ideas that sound grand and showy but feel unrealistic
Using language that makes things seem much better or worse than they are
Made to seem bigger or more important than it really is
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A kind of geometry where space curves so the angles in a triangle add to less than 180 degrees
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Etymology
Hyperbolic comes from Greek parts hyper- 'over' and a part meaning 'to throw', the same source as the word hyperbole, which means 'an extreme exaggeration'. So when language is hyperbolic it is over-the-top and not meant to be taken literally.