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OVERSTATEMENT definition: 1. the act of describing or explaining something in a way that makes it seem more important or more…. Learn more.
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BetaOverstatement is a literary technique of exaggerating something to make it more serious, important or beautiful. Learn how writers use overstatement for humor, emphasis, comparison and contrast with examples from Shakespeare, Twain, Mencken and others.
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BetaOverstatement is a rhetorical device that exaggerates something to make it more important or serious. Learn how overstatement differs from hyperbole and understatement, and see examples from literature and everyday language.
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BetaOverstatement is a subtype of verbal irony that involves exaggerating your meaning to emphasize it. Learn how to use overstatement to express joy, romance, drama and more with examples from movies and literature.
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BetaTo state too strongly; exaggerate or overemphasize.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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BetaAn overstatement is an exaggeration, like when you make the ridiculous overstatement, "You should've seen the fish I caught — it was as big as my leg!"
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BetaLearn what overstatement is and how writers use it to create mood, humor, or drama in their works. See examples from poems by Ogden Nash, William Shakespeare, Roald Dahl, and William Wordsworth.
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BetaOverstatement (see hyperbole) is a figure of speech that involves exaggerating certain aspects of something to create a more noticeable effect or to emphasize a point.Overstatement is not meant to be taken literally, but is used to convey strong feelings or to create a strong impression. An example of overstatement is: “They stretched in never-ending line…” in “I Wandered Lonely as a ...
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BetaLearn what overstatement means and how writers use it to exaggerate or emphasize something. See examples of overstatement in literature, such as Romeo and Juliet, To His Coy Mistress, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Betaoverstatement (countable and uncountable, plural overstatements) An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. 1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:
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