aggrandize

[uh-gran-dahyz, ag-ruhn-dahyz] / əˈgræn daɪz, ˈæg rənˌdaɪz /

VERB

cause something to seem or be greater, bigger

Synonyms

STRONG

acclaim applaud augment boost commend dignify distinguish enlarge ennoble expand extend glorify heighten hike honor hype increase intensify jump magnify multiply parlay praise

WEAK

beef up hike up jack up

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge censure condemn condense contract criticize curtail decrease degrade denounce diminish disapprove disgrace dishonor humiliate keep lessen lower reduce reproach shame shorten shrink weaken

WEAK

belittle debase depress humble

Example Sentences

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Yet there are none of the trappings of schools that aggrandize the M.B.A. aspirant as a master of the universe in waiting: grand atriums, leather-chaired lounges, chandelier-festooned ceilings.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2023

“There was never looking for credit, never looking to aggrandize himself,” Rendell told AP.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Gamers, to protect what they cherish, become defensive and aggrandize games even though the gaming community isn’t perfect, as demonstrated when the author recounted being ridiculed for unconventional choices.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019

May he continue his Presence with him as he has done hitherto, to the end that his Royal Throne may aggrandize his Power from day to day.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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