Definitions for hyperbole

hyperbole hy·per·bo·le

Spelling: [hahy-pur-buh-lee]
IPA: /haɪˈpɜr bə li/

Hyperbole is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in hyperbole (beehlopry).

Definitions for hyperbole

noun

  1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
  2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”.

Origin of hyperbole

1520-30; Greek hyperbolḗ excess, exaggeration, throwing beyond, equivalent to hyper- hyper- + bolḗ throw

Examples for hyperbole

Finke, who regularly breaks showbiz news, is the master of hyperbole.

The hyperbole is their principal forte, but what is lying but imagination?

We have here an example of this adventurer's style of exaggeration and hyperbole.

hyperbole means by definition that which is untrue and incredible.

Exaggeration and hyperbole are constant campaign companions, as useful and expected as hammers and saws on a construction site.

I understand now the Western hyperbole of “hitting the high places.”

The figure of a quiet slumber is no hyperbole, but a sober verity.

Film festival reviews are, as is their wont, often prone to hyperbole.

So ignore the hyperbole of the candidates and the hysteria of the partisan commentators.

Pardon the hyperbole, but there has never been a more aptly titled Good Wife episode than “Hitting the Fan.”

Word Value for hyperbole
Scrable

19

Words with friends

20

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