hyperbolize

• Verbe utilisé pour exprimer ou présenter quelque chose de manière exagérée, souvent pour un effet rhétorique.

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.

   Exagérer

   • 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.

   Synonymesamplifyembellishembroiderexaggerateinflatemagnifyoverdooverdrawoverstatestretch

   Antonymesbelittledownplayminimizeunderstate