noun
- deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for emphasis or dramatic effect
Usage: rhetoric; literary device
Examples
- When she said she had a million things to do, it was just hyperbole.
- His claim that he could eat a horse was obvious hyperbole.
- The advertisement’s hyperbole promised miraculous results.
- Politicians often use hyperbole to make their points more dramatic.
- Her hyperbole about waiting forever was meant to show her impatience.
- The review was full of hyperbole, calling it the greatest movie ever made.