Found 2 items, similar to hyperbolize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hyperbolize hyperbolize v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: understate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hyperbolize Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hyperbolized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hyperbolizing.] [Cf. F. hyperboliser.] To speak or write with exaggeration. --Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster] Hyperbolize \Hy*per"bo*lize\, v. t. To state or represent hyperbolically. --Fotherby. [1913 Webster]