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aggrandize
[ uh-gran-dahyz, ag-ruhn-dahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
Antonyms:
- to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to make (something) appear greater.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
aggrandize
/ ˈæɡrənˌdaɪz; əˈɡrænˌdaɪz; əˈɡrændɪzmənt /
verb
- to increase the power, wealth, prestige, scope, etc, of
- to cause (something) to seem greater; magnify; exaggerate
Derived Forms
- aggrandizement, noun
- ˈ²¹²µ²µ°ù²¹²ÔËŒ»å¾±³ú±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²µÂ·²µ°ù²¹²Ô·»å¾±³ú±ð·³¾±ð²Ô³Ù [uh, -, gran, -diz-m, uh, nt], noun
- ²¹²µÂ·²µ°ù²¹²Ô·»å¾±³ú·±ð°ù [uh, -, gran, -dahy-zer, ag, -r, uh, ndahy-], noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aggrandize1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aggrandize1
Example Sentences
The Democrat’s latest aggrandizing me-hicle, er, vehicle, is just about the last thing the world needs right now: another politically themed podcast.
"He aggrandizes himself, slanders Navalny, and compares his lifelong criminality and the US justice system with dictator Putin's persecution of political opposition."
With Iowa fully in the rearview mirror, expect to hear a variation on the phrase “Iowa picks corn, New Hampshire picks presidents,†a favorite local slogan that aggrandizes the state’s role in the nominating process.
"I felt that it was taking advantage of people's pro-life, pro-choice perspectives and aggrandizing them," she said.
He said agencies have aggrandized too much power to themselves when they seek to be both prosecutor and judge, through what’s known as administrative law judges.
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