HYPERBOLICAL Synonyms

• ostentatiously lofty in style

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

• recklessly wasteful

• showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

• marked by ostentation but often tasteless

• elaborately or excessively ornamented

• impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

• affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty

• enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

• pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

• having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama

• characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected

• puffed up with vanity

• past the stage of full bloom

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable

• cooked too long but still edible

• causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion

• relating to or concerned in sensation

• commanding attention

• of or relating to the theater

• suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater

• a performance of a play

• add details to

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• make more beautiful

• place special or excessive emphasis on

• To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.