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hyerbolise
Overview of verb hyerbolise
The verb hyerbolise has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")
Antonyms of verb hyerbolise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hyerbolise
1 sense of hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hyerbolise
1 sense of hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hyerbolise
1 sense of hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
'Cause To' of verb hyerbolise
Derived Forms of verb hyerbolise
Domain of verb hyerbolise
Domain Terms of verb hyerbolise
Familiarity of verb hyerbolise
hyerbolise used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb hyerbolise
1 sense of hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hyerbolise
1 sense of hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
> misinform, mislead
=> lie
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> sandbag
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hyerbolise
Sense 1
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
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Grep of verb hyerbolise
hyerbolise
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