hyperbole

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (rhetoric, uncountable) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
2. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
3. (countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.

Concepten

hyperbool

overdrijving

Tegenovergesteld aan

understatement

Synoniemen

exaggeration

overstatement

exorbitance

extravagance

hyperbola

overstate

exaggerate

preciosity

excessive

Vertalingen

hyperbole

hipérbole

iperbole

Hyperbel

Übertreibung

υπερβολή

hipérbole

hyperbole

hipèrbole

exagération

exageración

exageració

exagero

abartmak

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/haɪˈpɜːbəli/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-). Doublet of hyperbola.