hyperbolize

English

Etymology

From hyperbole +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /haɪˈpəːbəlaɪz/
• (US) IPA: /haɪˈpɚːbəlaɪz/

Verb

hyperbolize (third-person singular simple present hyperbolizes, present participle hyperbolizing, simple past and past participle hyperbolized)

1. (intransitive, now rare) To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
2. (transitive, now rare) To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 203:

     to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.