Thesaurus / aggrandize
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The Global Times, too, was quick to criticize Tsai’s “self-aggrandizing attitude,” while highlighting that it was not her government that completed the vaccine deal.
WILL FOXCONN BILLIONAIRE TERRY GOU’S COVID-19 VACCINE DEAL BRING TAIWAN CLOSER TO CHINA?NATALIE TSO/TAIPEIJULY 26, 2021TIMEI spent much of the pandemic watching, in real time, the necessary dissolution of the nation’s self-aggrandizing and innocent sense of its history and purpose.
REKINDLING THE WONDER OF NATURAL BRIDGE, ONCE A TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN GRANDEURPHILIP KENNICOTTJUNE 17, 2021WASHINGTON POSTStill, some emperors were particularly adept at crafting a narrative … that is, until Nero took the self-aggrandizing a tad too far.
THE EMPIRES YOU DIDN’T LEARN IN SCHOOLSEAN CULLIGANMARCH 24, 2021OZYThey only cared to aggrandize themselves, without thought of national feeling or geographical conditions.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 10, SLICE 7VARIOUSHis ambition was not to secure for himself ease or luxury, but to extend his imperial power, and to aggrandize his family.
THE EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA; ITS RISE AND PRESENT POWERJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThe Master proceeded to show that a man who speaks on his own authority alone seeks to aggrandize himself.
JESUS THE CHRISTJAMES EDWARD TALMAGEIt resisted, in the lower classes, the attempt of the church to suppress it in order to aggrandize the corporation.
FOLKWAYSWILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNERShe did not try to aggrandize herself at their expense, nor did she take up weapons against them.
SERBIA: A SKETCHHELEN LEAH REEDMen seek office to aggrandize themselves rather than to serve the interests of the people.
WILFORD WOODRUFFMATTHIAS F. COWLEYWith years we will correct, we will task ourselves to aggrandize and elevate our work.
LECTURES ON THE TRUE, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE GOODVICTOR COUSINWORDS RELATED TO AGGRANDIZE
- advances
- aggrandizes
- aggravates
- amplifies
- annexes
- augments
- boosts
- broadens
- builds
- builds up
- deepens
- develops
- dilates
- distends
- doubles
- enhances
- enlarges
- escalates
- exaggerates
- expands
- extends
- furthers
- heightens
- inflates
- intensifies
- lengthens
- magnifies
- marks up
- mounts
- multiplies
- pads
- progresses
- proliferates
- prolongs
- protracts
- pullulates
- raises
- redoubles
- reinforces
- rises
- sharpens
- slaps on
- snowballs
- spreads
- steps up
- strengthens
- supplements
- swarms
- swells
- tack on
- teems
- thickens
- triples
- waxes
- widens
- accents
- accentuates
- adds fuel
- adds to
- aggrandizes
- aggravates
- augments
- beefs up
- boosts
- brightens
- builds up
- concentrates
- darkens
- deepens
- emphasizes
- enhances
- escalates
- exacerbates
- exalts
- heats up
- heightens
- increases
- intensates
- lightens
- magnifies
- points
- pours it on
- quickens
- raises
- redoubles
- reinforces
- rises
- rouses
- sets off
- sharpens
- spikes
- steps up
- strengthens
- stresses
- tones up
- whets
- accent
- accentuate
- add fuel
- add to
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- brighten
- build up
- concentrate
- darken
- deepen
- emphasize
- enhance
- escalate
- exacerbate
- exalt
- heat up
- heighten
- increase
- intensate
- lighten
- magnify
- point
- pour it on
- quicken
- raise
- redouble
- reinforce
- rise
- rouse
- set off
- sharpen
- spike
- step up
- strengthen
- stress
- tone up
- whet
- acclaim
- admire
- adore
- aggrandize
- appreciate
- be faithful
- be true
- celebrate
- commemorate
- commend
- compliment
- decorate
- dignify
- distinguish
- ennoble
- erect
- esteem
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- give glad hand
- give key to city
- glorify
- hail
- hallow
- keep
- laud
- lionize
- live up to
- look up to
- magnify
- observe
- praise
- prize
- revere
- roll out red carpet
- sanctify
- sing someone's praises
- sublime
- uprear
- value
- venerate
- worship
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