hyperbolize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To exaggerate, use hyperbole.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Intransitive

2. To represent or talk about with hyperbole.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   overemphasizeoverstatestretch

   Examples

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

   More examples (1)

   But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?

Verb

1. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   Synonyms

   overstateexaggerateoverdrawhyperbolisemagnifyamplify

   Broader terms

   misinformmislead

   Examples

   tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery