aggrandise

Other forms: aggrandised; aggrandising; aggrandises

Definitions of aggrandise
  1. verb
    add details to
    synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad
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    types:
    glorify
    cause to seem more splendid
    type of:
    amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
    to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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