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hyperbolize (verb), hyperbolizes; hyperbolized; hyperbolizing
To use deliberate and obvious exaggerations about something for effect: Mark obviously hyperbolized about how he was mistreated when he didn't have enough money to pay for all of the books that he wanted to buy from the bookstore.
hyperbolizing
1. Doing something to an excessive degree.
2. Overstating, or describing, something that is more than what is factual.