Definitions for hyperbolic

hyperbolic hy·per·bol·ic

Spelling: [hahy-per-bol-ik]
IPA: /ˌhaɪ pərˈbɒl ɪk/

Hyperbolic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in hyperbolic (bcehilopry).

Definitions for hyperbolic

adjective

  1. having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  2. using hyperbole; exaggerating.
  3. Mathematics. of or relating to a hyperbola. derived from a hyperbola, as a hyperbolic function.

Origin of hyperbolic

1640-50; hyperbole or hyperbol(a) + -ic

Examples for hyperbolic

The rest of the sentence is true, but this, hyperbolic, and greatly false.

Indeed, after nearly four years, there is a treasure trove of hyperbolic, over-the-top soundbites about it.

Again his language was hyperbolic, saying that the scheme would do more damage than the Luftwaffe had managed in World War II.

Barbican maintained it was the parabolic; M'Nicholl insisted that it was the hyperbolic.

H.L. Mencken, admittedly a fast man with a hyperbolic comparison, thought him more profound than Henry James.

It would be hyperbolic to crown Steve Beshear as a profile in courage.

It is conceivable that a comet might revolve in a hyperbolic orbit.

I have omitted to mention the hyperbolic form of government.

But this new crop of hyperbolic Clintonistas seems different.

Their principal work was dedicated to her, in terms of hyperbolic praise.

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