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Hyperbole 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4

Hyperbole 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4

Hyperbole 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 4

/haɪˈpɜː.bəl.i/ (noun)

deliberate and obvious exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, embroidery, embellishment, puffery, overemphasis

Hyperbole is when you use language to exaggerate what you mean or emphasize a point. It’s often used to make something sound much bigger and better than it actually is or to make something sound much more dramatic. Hyperbole is a figure of speech.

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Antonym: understatement

Adjective: hyperbolic

Verb: hyperbolize

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