a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better, more exciting, more dangerous, etc. than it really issynonymexaggerationThe film is being promoted with all the usual hyperbole.He’s not usually given to hyperbole.Wordfinderimagealliteration,euphemism,figure of speech,hyperbole,image,litotes,metaphor,metonymy,onomatopoeia,paradoxSee related entries:Linguistic devicesWord Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek huperbolē ‘excess’ (from huper ‘above’ + ballein ‘to throw’).
See hyperbole in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
