Associations to the word «Hyperbole»
Noun
- Exaggeration
- Metaphor
- Irony
- Sarcasm
- Extravagance
- Absurdity
- Paradox
- Satire
- Sniper
- Oriental
- Rhetoric
- Humor
- Praise
- Enthusiasm
- Speech
- Statement
- Emphasis
- Phrase
- Poster
- Comparison
- Ingredient
- Reader
- Poet
- Sentiment
- Mood
- Context
- Speaker
- Mccoy
- Emotion
- Tale
- Wisdom
- Figure
- Historian
- Claim
- Use
- Beauty
- Reality
- Truth
- Love
- Self
- Critic
- Author
- Pride
- Style
- Fact
- Account
- Sense
- Pre
- Word
Adjective
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Wiktionary
HYPERBOLE, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) (literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) (obsolete) A hyperbola.
Dictionary definition
HYPERBOLE, noun. Extravagant exaggeration.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.