hyperbole
US /haɪˈpɜ:rbəli/
・UK /haɪˈpɜ:bəli/
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n.NounFigure of speech using exaggeration for emphasis
Elaine speaks with such hyperbole that you can only believe half of what she says
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Advanced English Conversation: Vocabulary, Phrasal Verb, Pronunciation
- And I would say nine times out of 10, you're going to use this as a joke or as hyperbole.
And I would say nine times out of 10, you're going to use this as a joke or as hyperbole.
- So in this way, it's a hyperbole, which is a great way of saying an exaggeration.
So in this way, it's a hyperbole, which is a great way of saying an exaggeration.
Hyperbole
- Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It
- Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
Top 10 HORRIFYING Facts You Didn’t Know About SAMURAI
- That last part isn't hyperbole, either.
That last part isn't hyperbole, either.
- what amounted to a servant. That last part isn’t hyperbole, either. It’s noted that
what amounted to a servant. That last part isn’t hyperbole, either. It’s noted that
Top 10 Anime Deaths That Made the Hero Go BERSERK
- It's no hyperbole to say Guts watched everyone he knows and loves die.
It's no hyperbole to say Guts watched everyone he knows and loves die.
- It's no hyperbole to say Guts watched everyone he knows and loves die during the eclipse.
It's no hyperbole to say Guts watched everyone he knows and loves die during the eclipse.
How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1
- I'm using the techniques of hyperbole, in the case of obliteration, and metaphor, in the case of my broken heart, to try to describe the things that are happening inside of me.
I'm using the techniques of hyperbole, in the case of obliteration, and metaphor, in the case of my broken heart, to try to describe the things that are happening inside of me.
- Total obliteration of me would look like this: I'm using the techniques of hyperbole in the case of obliteration and metaphor in the case of my broken heart to try to describe the things that are happening inside of me.
Total obliteration of me would look like this: I'm using the techniques of hyperbole in the case of obliteration and metaphor in the case of my broken heart to try to describe the things that are happening inside of me.
What English phrases really mean ⏲️ 6 Minute English
- We often use exaggeration for emphasis or for humour, something known as hyperbole.
We often use exaggeration for emphasis or for humour, something known as hyperbole.
- We often use exaggeration for emphasis or for humour, something known as hyperbole.
We often use exaggeration for emphasis or for humour, something known as hyperbole.
Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (Part 1/3)
- There's a lot of what sounds like hyperbole,
There's a lot of what sounds like hyperbole,
- There's a lot of what sounds like hyperbole.
There's a lot of what sounds like hyperbole.
How the Mona Lisa became so overrated
- It was the big reveal after two years of suspense, now with a story that merited Walter Pater's hyperbole.
It was the big reveal after two years of suspense, now with a story that merited Walter Pater's hyperbole.
- hyperbole.
hyperbole.
The Climate Justice Imperative
- Now, that may be political hyperbole, but on some level, the Republicans were on to something.
Now, that may be political hyperbole, but on some level, the Republicans were on to something.
- Now, that may be political hyperbole, but on some level the Republicans were onto something.
Now, that may be political hyperbole, but on some level the Republicans were onto something.
WHY Exercise is so Underrated (Brain Power & Movement Link)
- I guess it wasn't hyperbole when Dr.
I guess it wasn't hyperbole when Dr.
- I guess it wasn’t hyperbole when Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky said that if exercise were a drug,
I guess it wasn’t hyperbole when Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky said that if exercise were a drug,