📢hyperbole (haɪˈpɜːrbəli)

noun
/haɪˈpɜːrbəli/
hyperbole (hyperbole)

Signification

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Traduction de la signification
Des déclarations ou des affirmations exagérées qui ne sont pas destinées à être prises littéralement.
Des declarations ou des affirmations exagerees qui ne sont pas destinees a etre prises litteralement.

Phrases d'exemple

Saying he could run a thousand miles in a day is pure hyperbole.

Saying 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse' is a classic example of hyperbole.

Dire 'J'ai tellement faim que je pourrais manger un cheval' est un exemple classique d'hyperbole.
Dire 'J'ai tellement faim que je pourrais manger un cheval' est un exemple classique d'hyperbole.

Expressions d'exemple

it's not hyperbole

Synonymes

exaggeration, overstatement, amplification, embellishment
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exaggeration, overstatement, amplification, embellishment
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exaggeration, overstatement, embellishment, amplification

Antonymes

understatement, literalness
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understatement, literalness
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understatement, literalness

Collocations

pure hyperbole, literary hyperbole, comic hyperbole, use of hyperbole, use hyperbole, classic hyperbole, rhetorical hyperbole, hyperbole in speech
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pure hyperbole, literary hyperbole, comic hyperbole, use of hyperbole
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use hyperbole, classic hyperbole, rhetorical hyperbole, hyperbole in speech

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