hyperbolize
Blow things up
To hyperbolize is to exaggerate or overstate something for emphasis or effect.
The verb form of hyperbole, it describes the act of making claims beyond literal truth: He hyperbolized about the fish he caught, saying it was the size of a whale.
Common in storytelling, comedy, and everyday emphasis.
Twisted strand for crafts
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
- fish storyBoastful exaggerated account
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- fabricateInvent or manufacture
embellish · spin · narrate · regale · exaggerate · stretch the truth · make-believe · mythologize
Fill with gas
- overstateRepresent as greater
- overdoExceed reasonable limits
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
- overplayEmphasize excessively
overemphasize · stretch · overdraw · overcook · oversell · blowup · puff · overestimate
Increase in severity
- boostUpward push or increase
- heightenIncrease in degree
- intensifyIncrease in degree
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
augment · enhance · elevate · supercharge · maximize · strengthen · deepen · multiply
Add beauty to
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- gildCoat with gold
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- ornamentThing that beautifies
embroider · overelaborate · dramatize · romanticize · color · dress up · spin · varnish
Convincing through reasoning
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- grandiloquencePompous, extravagant language
amplification · magniloquence · purple prose · sophistry · polemic · declamation · rodomontade · braggadocio
yarn
Twisted strand for crafts
- tall taleWildly exaggerated story
- fish storyBoastful exaggerated account
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
fabricate · embellish · spin · narrate · regale · exaggerate · stretch the truth · make-believe · mythologize · dramatize
inflate
Fill with gas
overplay · overemphasize · stretch · overdraw · overcook · oversell · blowup · puff · overestimate · distort
escalate
Increase in severity
magnify · augment · enhance · elevate · supercharge · maximize · strengthen · deepen · multiply · expand
adorn
Add beauty to
ornament · embroider · overelaborate · dramatize · romanticize · color · dress up · spin · varnish · gloss
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
grandiloquence · amplification · magniloquence · purple prose · sophistry · polemic · declamation · rodomontade · braggadocio · gasconade
hyperbolizespeak plainly
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