Related Words for hyperbole

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exaggeration
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Noun, Noun
hyperbolic
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Adjective
nonsense
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Noun
overstatement
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Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
overblown
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Adjective
disingenuous
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Adjective
ludicrous
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Adjective
hysteria
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Noun
sensationalism
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Noun
melodramatic
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Adjective
oversimplification
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Noun
silliness
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Noun
innuendo
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Noun
absurd
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Adjective
vitriol
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Noun
idiocy
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Noun
lunacy
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Noun
sarcasm
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Noun
bombast
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Noun
overwrought
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Adjective
misrepresentation
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Noun
misinformation
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Noun
bravado
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Noun
ridiculous
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Adjective
hubris
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Noun
absurdity
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Noun
overreaction
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Noun
invective
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Noun
irony
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Noun
cynicism
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Noun
snark
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Noun
cliche
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Noun
bluster
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Noun
verbiage
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Noun
hype
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Noun
outrageous
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Adjective
polemic
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Noun
pomposity
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Noun
superlatives
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Noun
laughable
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Adjective
hypocrisy
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Noun
gratuitous
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Adjective
preposterous
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Adjective
flippant
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Adjective
pessimism
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Noun
falsehood
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Noun
misinterpretation
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Noun
delusional
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Adjective
baloney
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Noun
unwarranted
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Adjective
overreach
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Noun
declamation
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Noun
big talk
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Name, Name
overemphasis
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Noun
overestimation
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Noun
heroics
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Noun
conceit
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Noun
rhapsody
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Noun
extreme
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Adjective
flattery
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Noun
overkill
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Noun
extra
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Adjective
overshoot
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Noun
tall tale
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Phrase, Noun
extravagance
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Noun
oxymoron
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Noun
understatement
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Noun
penchant
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Noun
simile
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Noun
indulge
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Verb
petrarchan
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Adjective
metonymy
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
journalistic
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Adjective
fondness
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Noun
paradox
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Noun
personification
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Noun
caricature
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Noun
extravagant
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Adjective
rhetorical
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Adjective
antithesis
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Noun
predilection
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Noun
aside
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Adverb
indecent
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Adjective
parody
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Noun
grotesque
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Adjective
bit
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Noun
oriental
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Adjective
opposite
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Noun
speaking
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Noun
polemical
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Adjective
resorting
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Verb
poetic
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Adjective
understandable
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Adjective
comic
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Adjective
abounds
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Verb
allowance
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Noun
humorous
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Adjective
couched
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Verb
poetical
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Adjective
touch
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Noun
wildest
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Adjective
engaging
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Verb
affectation
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Noun
bravura
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Noun, Adjective
equivocation
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Noun
exuberance
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Noun
hyperbola
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Noun
indirection
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Noun
mannerism
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Noun
sentimentality
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Noun
theatricality
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Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
die
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Verb, Noun
literally
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Adverb