"Zelda, this is Ganon's place! Look at the floor—" "At last you have found my house!" "...I won't tolerate hyperbole."
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Hyperbole
//haɪˈpɜːbəli//
Synonyms for "hyperbole" (114 found)
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Related words (57)
inordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenesslitotesmagnificationmalapropismmetaphormiscoloringmisdrawingmispaintingmisquotationmisreportmisrepresentationmisstatementmisteachingmonstrousnessnimietynonrealism
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outrageousnessoverdevelopmentoverdrawingoveremphasisoverestimationovergreatnessovergrowthoverindulgenceoverkilloverlargenessovermuchovermuchnessperversionprodigalityprofusenesspufferypuffing upradicalismravingsensationalismsimileslantingspeechstretchingsuperlativetall talktoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestytwistingunconscionablenessunderstatementunduenessunreasonablenessunrestrainedness
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10 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hiperbool noun (rhetorical device)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερβολή noun (rhetorical device)
Arabic
1 entries- مُبَالَغَةٌ noun (rhetorical device)
Catalan
1 entries- hipèrbole noun (rhetorical device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誇張法 /夸张法 noun (rhetorical device)
Czech
1 entries- nadsázka noun (rhetorical device)
Danish
1 entries- hyperbel noun (rhetorical device)
Dutch
1 entries- hyperbool noun (rhetorical device)
Esperanto
1 entries- hiperbolo noun (rhetorical device)
Finnish
1 entries- hyperbola noun (rhetorical device)
French
1 entries- hyperbole noun (rhetorical device)
Galician
1 entries- hipérbole noun (rhetorical device)
Georgian
4 entries- გადამეტება noun (rhetorical device)
- გადიდება noun (rhetorical device)
- გაზვიადება noun (rhetorical device)
- ჰიპერბოლა noun (rhetorical device)
German
2 entries- Hyperbel noun (rhetorical device)
- Übertreibung noun (rhetorical device)
Greek
1 entries- υπερβολή noun (rhetorical device)
Gujarati
1 entries- અતિશયોક્તિ noun (rhetorical device)
Hindi
2 entries- अतिशयोक्ति noun (rhetorical device)
- अत्युक्ति noun (rhetorical device)
Hungarian
3 entries- hiperbola noun (rhetorical device)
- nagyítás noun (rhetorical device)
- túlzás noun (rhetorical device)
Irish
2 entries- hipearbóil noun (rhetorical device)
- urtheilgean noun (rhetorical device)
Italian
1 entries- iperbole noun (rhetorical device)
Japanese
1 entries- 誇張 noun (rhetorical device)
Korean
1 entries- 과장 noun (rhetorical device)
Latin
3 entries- hyperbole noun (rhetorical device)
- nimietas noun (rhetorical device)
- superlatio noun (rhetorical device)
Māori
1 entries- kupu whakapehapeha noun (rhetorical device)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hyperbol noun (rhetorical device)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hyperbol noun (rhetorical device)
Polish
1 entries- hiperbola noun (rhetorical device)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipérbole noun (rhetorical device)
Romanian
1 entries- hiperbolă noun (rhetorical device)
Russian
2 entries- гипе́рбола noun (rhetorical device)
- преувеличе́ние noun (rhetorical device)
Spanish
1 entries- hipérbole noun (rhetorical device)
Swedish
1 entries- hyperbol noun (rhetorical device)
Tagalog
1 entries- sawig noun (rhetorical device)
Telugu
1 entries- అతిశయోక్తి noun (rhetorical device)
Thai
2 entries- อติพจน์ noun (rhetorical device)
- อธิพจน์ noun (rhetorical device)
Turkish
1 entries- abartıcılık noun (rhetorical device)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гіпе́рбола noun (rhetorical device)
Welsh
1 entries- gormodiaith noun (rhetorical device)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Mary is sometimes given to hyperbole. When Tom arrived much later than he'd promised, Mary said: "I've gone through four seasons waiting for you."
Source: tatoeba (5323877)
I could eat a horse, and that's not hyperbole.
Source: tatoeba (10492235)
"Hyperbole" is a fancy way of saying "exaggeration."
Source: tatoeba (10492296)
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