Antonyms for hyperbolic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahy-per-bol-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pərˈbɒl ɪk |
Definition of hyperbolic
Origin :- 1640s (iperbolical is from early 15c.), from Greek hyperbolikos "extravagant," from hyperbole "extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond" (see hyperbole). Geometric sense is from 1670s. Related: Hyperbolically.
- As in rhetorical : adj wordy; flowery in speech
- As in exaggerated : adj overstated, embellished
- The rest of the sentence is true, but this, hyperbolic, and greatly false.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- I have omitted to mention the hyperbolic form of government.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Mathematics » by P. Hampson
- Their principal work was dedicated to her, in terms of hyperbolic praise.
- Extract from : « Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution » by Agnes Arber
- It is conceivable that a comet might revolve in a hyperbolic orbit.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 » by Various
- Barbican maintained it was the parabolic; M'Nicholl insisted that it was the hyperbolic.
- Extract from : « All Around the Moon » by Jules Verne
- Does not Shakespeare's Cleopatra rave in a manner no less fervid and hyperbolic?
- Extract from : « The Growth of English Drama » by Arnold Wynne
- When her birthday came he produced an elaborate confection of hyperbolic compliment.
- Extract from : « Queen Victoria » by Lytton Strachey
- And if there are no hyperbolic orbits, then it is infinity to one that all the orbits are elliptical.
- Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
- Parallel passages to this hyperbolic expression are collected in Klbings note to this line (p. 364).
- Extract from : « Torrent of Portyngale » by Unknown
- And we thus see that the two hyperbolic legs belong to a simple intersection of the curve by the line infinity.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various
Synonyms for hyperbolic
- a bit thick
- abstract
- amplified
- articulate
- artificial
- aureate
- bombastic
- bouncing
- caricatural
- declamatory
- distorted
- eloquent
- embellished
- embroidered
- euphuistic
- exaggerated
- exalted
- excessive
- extravagant
- fabricated
- fabulous
- false
- fantastic
- farfetched
- flamboyant
- flashy
- florid
- fluent
- glib
- grand
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- hammy
- high-flown
- highly colored
- histrionic
- hyperbolic
- imposing
- impossible
- inflated
- magnified
- magniloquent
- melodramatic
- mouthy
- oratorical
- ornate
- ostentatious
- out of proportion
- overblown
- overdone
- overestimated
- overkill
- overwrought
- pompous
- preposterous
- pretentious
- schmaltzy
- sensational
- showy
- silver-tongued
- sonorous
- spectacular
- steep
- stilted
- strained
- stylized
- swollen
- tall
- too much
- too-too
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- unrealistic
- verbose
- vocal
- voluble
- windy
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