as in to exaggerate
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
even if she did hyperbolize her account of an encounter with a bear, it still must have been pretty scary
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Recent Examples of hyperbolize
The filthy talk of collusion, of course hyperbolized by Unsocial Media, again is crawling out of the swamp.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
Yet the internet — the same force that has increased awareness of social-justice movements — has hyperbolized all entreaties to our fragmented attention spans.
—Lauren Oyler, New York Times, 8 May 2018
The show examines stereotypes, hyperbolizes them, then deconstructs them.
—Darren Franich, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2017
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
Yet the internet — the same force that has increased awareness of social-justice movements — has hyperbolized all entreaties to our fragmented attention spans.
—Lauren Oyler, New York Times, 8 May 2018
The show examines stereotypes, hyperbolizes them, then deconstructs them.
—Darren Franich, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperbolize
exaggerate
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The administration has repeatedly downplayed the benefits of immunization, while exaggerating the importance of nutritional supplementation for combatting measles.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Charlotte Tilbury shoppers also appreciate that the product doesn’t exaggerate or settle into their fine lines.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Hyperbolize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperbolize. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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