Word:
Hyperbole
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
Language that describes something better or worse than it already is.
Sentences:
1) "Enough food to feed an army" is a hyperbole.
Origin:
Latin, from Greek hyperbloē which means 'excess', hyperbole, hyperbola, from hyperballien which means 'to succeed'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
cariacture, coloring, elaboration, padding, stretching
Antonyms:
meiosis, understatement.
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