English-Thai Dictionary

hyperbole

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPERBOLE

n.hyper'boly. [Gr. excess, to throw beyond, to exceed. ] In rhetoric, a figure of speech which expresses much more or less than the truth, or which represents things much greater or less, better or worse than they really are. An object uncommon in size, either great or small, strikes us with surprise, and this emotion produces a momentary conviction that the object is greater or less than it is in reality. The same effect attends figurative grandeur or littleness; and hence the use of the hyperbole, which expresses this momentary conviction. The following are instances of the use of this figure.
He was owner of a piece of ground not larger than a Lacedemonian letter.
If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Genesis 13:16.
Ipse arduus, alta que pulsat Sidera.
He was so gaunt, the case of a flagellet was a mansion for him.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPERBOLE

Hy *per "bo *le, n. Etym: [L., fr. GrHyper-, Parable, and cf. Hyperbola. ] (Rhet.)

 

Defn: A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect. Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles. Blair. Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hyperbole

hy per bo le |hīˈpərbəlē haɪˈpərbəli | ▶noun exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. DERIVATIVES hy per bol i cal |ˌhīpərˈbälikəl |adjective, hy per bol i cal ly |ˌhīpərˈbälik (ə )lē |adverb, hy per bo lism |-ˌlizəm |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek huperbolē (see hyperbola ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

hyperbole

hyperbole |hʌɪˈpəːbəli | ▶noun [ mass noun ] exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. DERIVATIVES hyperbolical |ˌhʌɪpəˈbɒlɪk (ə )l |adjective, hyperbolically |-ˈbɒlɪk (ə )li |adverb, hyperbolism noun ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek huperbolē (see hyperbola ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hyperbole

hyperbole noun the media hyperbole that accompanied their championship series: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, embroidery, embellishment, excess, overkill, rhetoric; informal purple prose, puffery. ANTONYMS understatement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hyperbole

hyperbole noun the media hyperbole which accompanied their European Championship match: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification, amplification, embroidery, embellishment, overplaying, excess, overkill; informal purple prose, puffery. ANTONYMS understatement.

 

French Dictionary

hyperbole

hyperbole n. f. nom féminin Figure de style. : L ’expression des torrents de larmes se dit par hyperbole. ANTONYME litote .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hyperbole

hy per bo le /haɪpə́ː r b (ə )li /名詞 〘修辞 〙U 誇張 (法 ); C 誇張表現 〘例えば a thousand apologiesなど; →litotes 〙.