hyperbolise

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hyperbolise

Past participle: hyperbolised
Gerund: hyperbolising

Imperative
hyperbolise
hyperbolise

Present
I hyperbolise
you hyperbolise
he/she/it hyperbolises
we hyperbolise
you hyperbolise
they hyperbolise

Preterite
I hyperbolised
you hyperbolised
he/she/it hyperbolised
we hyperbolised
you hyperbolised
they hyperbolised

Present Continuous
I am hyperbolising
you are hyperbolising
he/she/it is hyperbolising
we are hyperbolising
you are hyperbolising
they are hyperbolising

Present Perfect
I have hyperbolised
you have hyperbolised
he/she/it has hyperbolised
we have hyperbolised
you have hyperbolised
they have hyperbolised

Past Continuous
I was hyperbolising
you were hyperbolising
he/she/it was hyperbolising
we were hyperbolising
you were hyperbolising
they were hyperbolising

Past Perfect
I had hyperbolised
you had hyperbolised
he/she/it had hyperbolised
we had hyperbolised
you had hyperbolised
they had hyperbolised

Future
I will hyperbolise
you will hyperbolise
he/she/it will hyperbolise
we will hyperbolise
you will hyperbolise
they will hyperbolise

Future Perfect
I will have hyperbolised
you will have hyperbolised
he/she/it will have hyperbolised
we will have hyperbolised
you will have hyperbolised
they will have hyperbolised

Future Continuous
I will be hyperbolising
you will be hyperbolising
he/she/it will be hyperbolising
we will be hyperbolising
you will be hyperbolising
they will be hyperbolising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hyperbolising
you have been hyperbolising
he/she/it has been hyperbolising
we have been hyperbolising
you have been hyperbolising
they have been hyperbolising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hyperbolising
you will have been hyperbolising
he/she/it will have been hyperbolising
we will have been hyperbolising
you will have been hyperbolising
they will have been hyperbolising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hyperbolising
you had been hyperbolising
he/she/it had been hyperbolising
we had been hyperbolising
you had been hyperbolising
they had been hyperbolising

Conditional
I would hyperbolise
you would hyperbolise
he/she/it would hyperbolise
we would hyperbolise
you would hyperbolise
they would hyperbolise

Past Conditional
I would have hyperbolised
you would have hyperbolised
he/she/it would have hyperbolised
we would have hyperbolised
you would have hyperbolised
they would have hyperbolised

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Verb

hyperbolise - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

exaggerate, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw

misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to

overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress - place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow - show off

aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up - add details to

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American writers Carol Guess and Kelly Magee hyperbolise this conflation and excess in order to critique it in their 2015 collaborative short story collection, With Animal.

With Animal: Exceeding the 'Absent Referent' Through Maternity

I've been know to hyperbolise in the past, but, just for fun, I have composed a list of things which are less predictable than the ending of this movie: Sunrise and sunset, moths flying into a light bulb, a crying baby, and my personal favourite, hot summers in Bahrain!

Predictable ending

Anti-virus software companies spent much of the day trying to out- hyperbolise each other, but all agreedthis was the biggest virus to date.