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aggrandize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
| Type of | overstate, exaggerate, amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw |
| Has types | glorify |
| Derivation | aggrandizement |
Examples of aggrandize
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Yes, he admitted, of course he had exploited race to aggrandize Southern power.
From the nytimes.com
They demonstrate the potential of the world in despair to aggrandize itself.
From the forbes.com
But the ones who do are the ones we liberals dependably aggrandize.
From the nytimes.com
Offers of help that aggrandize the giver as much as possible?
From the theatlantic.com
Can't listen to or watch Robbie Robertson self-aggrandize.
From the guardian.co.uk
He believes that judges should not aggrandize their power by second-guessing other branches of Government.
From the time.com
It also underscores the need to have congressmen who resist the impulse to aggrandize power in Washington.
From the huffingtonpost.com
But Pope Alexander VI, always ready to seize opportunities to aggrandize his family, then adopted a double policy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yes, Beech woman, unethical indeed that you use this poor student's death to aggrandize western media and food.
From the world.time.com
- Embroider: add details to
- (aggrandizement) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal"
- To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as; 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
- (v) - to inflate; to promote
