hyperbolized
Blown out of proportion
Hyperbolized means exaggerated or overstated for effect.
Something hyperbolized has been inflated beyond literal truth: The dangers were hyperbolized to scare voters.
The word describes claims, stories, or descriptions that have been made more extreme than reality warrants.
Past tense of hyperbolize.
Expanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- overdoneExcessive in degree
- overemphasizedStressed beyond due measure
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
bloated · puffed-up · magnified · amplified · embellished · overdrawn · overplayed · overhyped
Exaggeratedly emotional for effect
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
bombastic · operatic · hammy · stagy · flamboyant · grandiose · sensational · campy
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- ornateElaborately decorated
elaborate · fanciful · gilded · purple · flowery · overwrought · luxuriant · grandiloquent
Representing through imagery
- emphasizedGave special importance to
- accentuatedMade more noticeable
- underscoredEmphasized with a line
- stressedOverwhelmed by pressure
spotlighted · highlighted · dramatized · stylized · caricatured · satirized · lampooned · parodied
inflated
Expanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- overdoneExcessive in degree
- overemphasizedStressed beyond due measure
stretched · bloated · puffed-up · magnified · amplified · embellished · overdrawn · overplayed · overhyped · distorted
theatrical
Exaggeratedly emotional for effect
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
over-the-top · bombastic · operatic · hammy · stagy · flamboyant · grandiose · sensational · campy · effusive
florid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
ornate · elaborate · fanciful · gilded · purple · flowery · overwrought · luxuriant · grandiloquent · adorned
figurative
Representing through imagery
- emphasizedGave special importance to
- accentuatedMade more noticeable
- underscoredEmphasized with a line
stressed · spotlighted · highlighted · dramatized · stylized · caricatured · satirized · lampooned · parodied · burlesqued
hyperbolizedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
downplayed · minimized · underplayed · played down · underrepresented
hyperbolizedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
muted · restrained · subdued · tempered · toned down