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to talk in superlatives

  • 1 to talk in superlatives

    to talk in superlatives
    exagerar.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > to talk in superlatives

  • 2 superlative

    [su'pə:lətiv] 1. adjective
    ((of an adjective or adverb) of the highest degree of comparison: `Biggest' is a superlative adjective.) superlativo
    2. noun
    ((an adjective or adverb of) the superlative degree: `Best' and `worst' are the superlatives of `good' and `bad'; She is the prettiest girl in the room; We'll go by different roads to see who will arrive (the) soonest / most quickly.) superlativo
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    su.per.la.tive
    [su:p'ə:lətiv] n 1 exemplo supremo. 2 Gram superlativo. • adj 1 insuperável, excelente, supremo. 2 Gram superlativo. 3 excessivo, exagerado. to talk in superlatives exagerar.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > superlative

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  • ballyhoo — Synonyms and related words: PR, advertise, aggrandize, aggrandizement, amplification, amplify, bark, big talk, bill, blowing up, blurb, boost, bright light, build up, bulletin, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, celebrity, circularize, common… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • burlesque — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Broadway, Thalia, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, arlequinade, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black comedy, black humor, blowing up, botch, broad,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • caricature — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, animated cartoon, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black humor, blowing up, bosh, botch, build up, bunk, burlesque,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • travesty — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black humor, blowing up, botch, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lay it on thick — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, act a part, affect, aggrandize, amplify, assume, ballyhoo, bedaub, besmear, blarney, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, butter, butter up, caricature, carry too far, coat, counterfeit,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pile it on — Synonyms and related words: Barnumize, aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, blow, bombast, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overcharge …   Moby Thesaurus

  • aggrandize — Synonyms and related words: add to, advance, amplify, apotheose, apotheosize, augment, ballyhoo, beatify, beef up, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burlesque, canonize, caricature, carry too far, crescendo, crown,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • amplify — Synonyms and related words: add to, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, annoy, augment, ballyhoo, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, charge, complete, crescendo, deepen,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • build up — Synonyms and related words: add to, advertise, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, assemble, augment, ballyhoo, bark, bill, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, bulk, bulk out, bulletin, burlesque, caricature, carry too… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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