hyperbolize

American  

[hahy-pur-buh-lahyz] / haɪˈpɜr bəˌlaɪz /

especially British, hyperbolise

verb (used without object)

hyperbolized, hyperbolizing

1. to use hyperbole; exaggerate.

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verb (used with object)

hyperbolized, hyperbolizing

1. to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.

hyperbolize British  

/ haɪˈpɜːbəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to express (something) by means of hyperbole

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Other Word Forms

• outhyperbolize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of hyperbolize

First recorded in 1590–1600; hyperbole + -ize

Example Sentences

Those earlier visions hyperbolize the romance of cooking.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022

“It is impossible to hyperbolize what John Madden meant to generations of NFL fans,” NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah wrote on Twitter.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

But their aim is the same: to drag resplendent nature indoors to hyperbolize and civilize its beauty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018

An actor of lesser ability might hyperbolize, turn Lydia and Patti into caricatures of cultish evil and ideological zeal, but not Dowd.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2017

How often he had heard poor sufferers hyperbolize their suffering!

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.