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hyperexaggerate

hyperexaggerate verb: to exaggerate to an extreme degree.

Verb

hyperexaggerate (third-person singular simple present hyperexaggerates, present participle hyperexaggerating, simple past and past participle hyperexaggerated)

  1. To exaggerate to an extreme degree.
    • Learn to hyperexaggerate when describing a situation or story.2009, Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress
    • You worry that working together undermines your myth of self-reliance, so you hyperexaggerate its value to mask the fear.2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 97

Forms of hyperexaggerate

third-person singular presenthyperexaggerates
present participlehyperexaggerating
past participlehyperexaggerated
pasthyperexaggerated

Origin of hyperexaggerate

From hyper- + exaggerate.

Questions about hyperexaggerate

What does hyperexaggerate mean?
Hyperexaggerate means to exaggerate to an extreme degree.
What part of speech is hyperexaggerate?
Hyperexaggerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hyperexaggerate?
The past tense of hyperexaggerate is hyperexaggerated.

Words near hyperexaggerate in the dictionary

  1. hypereutrophic
  2. hypereutrophication
  3. hypereutrophy
  4. hyperevaporation
  5. hyperevolved
  6. hyperexaggerate
  7. hyperexaggerated
  8. hyperexaggerates
  9. hyperexaggerating
  10. hyperexcitability
  11. hyperexcitable

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