Antonyms for hyperbole

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hahy-pur-buh-lee

Phonetic Transcription : haɪˈpɜr bə li

Definition of hyperbole

Origin : early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," related to hyperballein "to throw over or beyond," from hyper- "beyond" + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Rhetorical sense is found in Aristotle and Isocrates.

noun exaggeration

Example sentences :

We have here an example of this adventurer's style of exaggeration and hyperbole.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Hyperbole means by definition that which is untrue and incredible.
Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

I understand now the Western hyperbole of “hitting the high places.”
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

The figure of a quiet slumber is no hyperbole, but a sober verity.
Extract from : « Memories of Bethany » by John Ross Macduff

The hyperbole is their principal forte, but what is lying but imagination?
Extract from : « Diary in America, Series Two » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

It is no hyperbole that is involved in the saying, 'The pure in heart see God.'
Extract from : « The Life Radiant » by Lilian Whiting

It became the fashion to write and talk in the language of hyperbole.
Extract from : « The Women of the French Salons » by Amelia Gere Mason

In either case there may be an indefinite degree of hyperbole.
Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry

There may be hyperbole in this—but it is only truth in too swelling a garb.
Extract from : « The Violin » by George Dubourg

Who does not see, in these sublime precepts, the language of enthusiasm and hyperbole?
Extract from : « Christianity Unveiled » by Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger

Synonyms for hyperbole

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