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Word | Hyperbole |
Afrikaans Meaning | hiperbool |
extravagant exaggeration / A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are / exaggeration; overstatement / exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. / language that describes something as better or worse than it really is, | |
Usage | ⇒ It's a hyperbole to say that the football field is the width of the moon ⇒ As far as I'm concerned, Apple's claims about the new computer are pure hyperbole: no machine is that good! ⇒ “enough food to feed a whole army” is a common example of hyperbole ⇒ Behind every food scare, there is a barrage of claims and counter-claims, hyperbole and damage limitation. |
Synonyms | exaggeration, embellishment, overstatement, distortion, metaphor, caricature, enlargement, magnification, burlesque, expansion, coloring, figure of speech, aggrandizement, amplification, embroidery, hyperbolism, overdevelopment, overestimation, puffery, tall talk, |
Antonyms | understatement, abridgement, mitigation, abatement, appeasement, compress, irony, moderation, underestimation, understatements, hypobole, reduction, statement, decrease, diminution, disparagement, dryness, easement, easing, palliation, |
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