hyperbolize

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: hy=per=bo=lize

CIDE DICTIONARY

hyperbolize, v. i. [Cf. F. hyperboliser.].

 To speak or write with exaggeration.  Bp. Montagu.  [1913 Webster]

hyperbolize, v. t. 

 To state or represent hyperbolically.  Fotherby.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

hyperbolize

Exaggeration

VB exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate, amplify, overestimate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise, make over much, over the most of, strain, strain over a point, stretch, stretch a point, go great lengths, spin a long yarn, draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow, deal in the marvelous, out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random, heighten, overcolor, color highly, color too highly, broder, flourish, color, puff.