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Definition hyperbolic in British English

hyperbolic adjective

adjective
/ˌhaɪpə(r)ˈbɒlɪk/
1

hyperbolic language emphasizes what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is

Example

It was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously.

Synonyms and related words
aggrandise aggrandize exaggerate
2

resembling or pertaining to a hyperbola (a curve)

Example

In fact, it corresponds to the graph of a function called the hyperbolic cosine.

Definition hyperbolic in British English