aggrandize

Verb

Meaning

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc.

To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

To increase or become great.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dramatize advance promote pad lard embellish exalt embroider aggrandise dramatise increase raise distinguish expand extend
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Antonyms

bash lower attack minify reduce contract
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Hypernyms

amplify exaggerate magnify overstate overdraw hyperbolize

Hyponyms

glorify

Derivatives

aggrandized aggrandizing

Examples

Perhaps Ramses was trying to justify his decision to go to war, or was making his foes look more powerful than they were to aggrandize his victory. Source: Internet

One of a central government's most constructive tasks, Hamilton argued, was to extinguish "that secret jealousy which disposes all states to aggrandize themselves at the expense of their neighbors." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aggrandiser aggrandizable aggrandization aggrandizement aggrandizer aggrate