Hypobole

What is Hypobole?


1.

A drastic understatement. The opposite of hyperbole.

To say that the weather in Los Angeles "isn't bad" is hypobole.

2.

(noun) The opposite of hyperbole. A gross under-exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

a hypobole: I think I scored a negative 55 on that geography quiz.

See understatement, hyperbole, modesty

3.

As opposed to "hyperbole," "hypobole" is an understatement.

Student's Poem: "Superman is okay."

Teacher: "You just used the literary device of hypobole."

4.

see: the opposite of hyperbole.

the only thing i could use to describe the way michigan played today is absurd hypobole


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