hyperbolise

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

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para expressar ou descrever algo de forma exagerada, frequentemente para obter efeito retórico.

1. Exaggerate C1 formal

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

   • He tends to hyperbolise his achievements in interviews.
   • The media often hyperbolises the risks of new technologies.
   • She hyperbolised the difficulty of the task to avoid doing it.

   🇵🇹Exagerar

   Sinônimos: amplifyembellishembroiderexaggerateinflatemagnifyoverdooverdrawoverstate

   Antônimos: belittleminimizetrivializeunderstate

• hyperbolised past participle
• hyperbolised past simple
• hyperbolising present participle
• hyperbolises third person singular