Etymology: [ hI-'p&r-b&-(")lE ] (noun.) 15th century. From Latin hyperbole Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolē, “excess, exaggeration”) ὑπέρ (huper, “above”) + βάλλω (ballō, “I throw”).
Synonyms: overstatement, exaggeration, amplification, big talk, coloring, distortion, embellishment, embroidering, enlargement, hype, laying it on thick, magnification, metaphor, mountain out of molehill, PR, tall talk
Deliberate exaggeration, An instance or example of this technique, Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device, A hyperbola, Figurative language that exaggerates It is often used in comedy, or to create irony Example: "We saw a gas station every five feet when the tank was full, but when we finally needed gas, there wasn't a station for a thousand miles ", The flexible, programmable information management and viewing system documented by this manual It utilizes a button-action model and supports hypertextual linkages Hyperbole is all things to all people, "What wrong Rose Lee? You look like you've seen a ghost!" (page 155), Consists of extravagant exaggeration Ex Mile-high, extravagant exaggeration, Extreme form of exageration, usually for dramatic effect, A non-literal statement or expression, which is purposely farfetched Examples include, "I nearly died laughing" and "I tried a thousand times ", A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect, Figure of speech using obvious exaggeration for emphasis and effect, exaggeration beyond reasonable credence An example is the close of John Donne's holy sonnet "Death, thou shalt die!", the trope of exaggeration or overstatement See tropes for examples, A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis Many everyday expressions are examples of hyperbole: tons of money, waiting for ages, a flood of tears, etc Hyperbole is the opposite of litotes, exaggeration for emphasis or rhetorical or dramatic effect See also: meiosis, If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is. the hyperbole that portrays him as one of the greatest visionaries in the world. a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is = exaggeration (, from hyperballein ), A flexible, programmable information management and viewing system built on top of GNU Emacs It utilizes a button-action model and supports hypertextual linkages Hyperbole is all things to all people, figurative language that deliberately exaggerates for effect, and is not meant to be taken literally, extravagant exaggerations used as a figure of speech (e g , This book weighs a ton!), rhetorical exaggeration for effect, overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, Hyperbole means exaggeration, especially when inappropriate or unfettered, Figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis, like I'm starving when you haven't eaten in four hours, or I've been waiting forever when that's impossible because you probably were born at some point, and forever was happening a long time before you were born, / exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect *My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should got to praise Thine eyes and on thine forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" (A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, Ross Scaife), [Hyperbole] is a Greek word literally meaning to throw beyond, and by extention, to take farther, or to go excessivly In theological terms it is language used in an extravagant or exaggerated way for effect, and not to be taken in the literal sense [back], exaggeration or overstatement intended for effect,
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Deliberate exaggeration
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An instance or example of this technique
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Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device
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A hyperbola
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Figurative language that exaggerates It is often used in comedy, or to create irony Example: "We saw a gas station every five feet when the tank was full, but when we finally needed gas, there wasn't a station for a thousand miles "
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The flexible, programmable information management and viewing system documented by this manual It utilizes a button-action model and supports hypertextual linkages Hyperbole is all things to all people
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"What wrong Rose Lee? You look like you've seen a ghost!" (page 155)
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Consists of extravagant exaggeration Ex Mile-high
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extravagant exaggeration
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Extreme form of exageration, usually for dramatic effect
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A non-literal statement or expression, which is purposely farfetched Examples include, "I nearly died laughing" and "I tried a thousand times "
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A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect
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Figure of speech using obvious exaggeration for emphasis and effect
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exaggeration beyond reasonable credence An example is the close of John Donne's holy sonnet "Death, thou shalt die!"
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the trope of exaggeration or overstatement See tropes for examples
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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis Many everyday expressions are examples of hyperbole: tons of money, waiting for ages, a flood of tears, etc Hyperbole is the opposite of litotes
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exaggeration for emphasis or rhetorical or dramatic effect See also: meiosis
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If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is. the hyperbole that portrays him as one of the greatest visionaries in the world. a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is = exaggeration (, from hyperballein )
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A flexible, programmable information management and viewing system built on top of GNU Emacs It utilizes a button-action model and supports hypertextual linkages Hyperbole is all things to all people
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figurative language that deliberately exaggerates for effect, and is not meant to be taken literally
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extravagant exaggerations used as a figure of speech (e g , This book weighs a ton!)
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rhetorical exaggeration for effect
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overstatement characterized by exaggerated language
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Hyperbole means exaggeration, especially when inappropriate or unfettered
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Figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis, like I'm starving when you haven't eaten in four hours, or I've been waiting forever when that's impossible because you probably were born at some point, and forever was happening a long time before you were born
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/ exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect *My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should got to praise Thine eyes and on thine forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" (A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples, Ross Scaife)
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[Hyperbole] is a Greek word literally meaning to throw beyond, and by extention, to take farther, or to go excessivly In theological terms it is language used in an extravagant or exaggerated way for effect, and not to be taken in the literal sense [back]
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exaggeration or overstatement intended for effect isim
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