hyperbolize

• Verb, das bedeutet, etwas übertrieben darzustellen oder zu beschreiben, oft zu rhetorischen Zwecken.

A verb used to express or represent something in an exaggerated manner, often for rhetorical effect.

1. ExaggerateC1formal

   To describe something as much larger, better, worse, or more important than it actually is.

   Übertreiben

   • He tends to hyperbolize his achievements in interviews.
   • The journalist hyperbolized the impact of the storm.
   • She hyperbolized the difficulty of the task to avoid doing it.

   Synonymeamplifyembellishembroiderexaggerateinflatemagnifyoverdooverdrawoverstatestretch

   Antonymebelittledownplayminimizeunderstate