hyperbolic
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hy·per·bol·ic
(hī'pər-bŏl'ĭk) 
also hy·per·bol·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
also hy·per·bol·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.
- Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole.
- Mathematics.
- Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.
- Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.
- Of or relating to a hyperbolic function: hyperbolic cosine.
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hyperbolic
IN BRIEF: Exaggerated or tending to exaggerate.
Both of the candidates' speeches were quite hyperbolic and not totally believable.
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