🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

夸张的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kuāzhāng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hyperbolic/ˌhaɪ.pəˈbɒl.ɪk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他对这次活动的描述实在是太夸张了。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of, relating to, or marked by language that exaggerates or overstates things for effect.

    "His hyperbolic claims about the product's success failed to impress the investors."
  2. 2

    Relating to or having the form of a hyperbola in mathematics.

    "The architectural design featured a striking hyperbolic curve."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin hyperbolicus, stemming from the ancient Greek hyperbolikos, meaning 'excessive' or 'throwing beyond'. It is ultimately rooted in hyper- ('beyond') and ballein ('to throw'), evolving from geometric terminology into a rhetorical device describing deliberate exaggeration.

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