Verb
To enliven something, especially a spectacle or attraction.
To dumb down, cheapen, or vulgarize something, especially to create entertainment that appeals to coarse or unsophisticated tastes.
To promote with bombast, exaggeration, or outright falsehood; to hype or sensationalize.
To obtain money through fraudulent or deceitful means; to swindle or con.
To spread inaccurate or false information.
To seek or attract attention, especially through ostentation.
barnumize (third-person singular simple present barnumizes, present participle barnumizing, simple past and past participle barnumized)
Alternative form of Barnumize