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past participle of magnify.
past tense form of magnify.

magnified

ADJECTIVE

enlarged

Synonyms

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expanded extended inflated intensified swollen

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aggrandized amplified augmented broadened caricatured developed dilated distended elaborated exaggerated lengthened spread stretched widened

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added to blown up filled out tumid turgid

Antonyms

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compressed contracted shrunken

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reduced

ADJECTIVE

exaggerated

Synonyms

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abstract distorted excessive extravagant fabricated false farfetched hyperbolic inflated melodramatic overblown overwrought preposterous pretentious stylized unrealistic

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amplified bouncing embroidered exalted overdone overestimated steep strained

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a bit thick artificial caricatural fabulous fantastic hammy highly colored histrionic histrionical impossible out of proportion overkill schmaltzy sensational spectacular tall too much too-too

Antonyms

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actual believable calm factual moderate real realistic reasonable sensible straight

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depreciated minimized played down reduced understated unembellished unexaggerated

ADJECTIVE

inflated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bloated overblown swollen

STRONG

aggrandized amplified augmented diffuse dilated distended enlarged extended filled grown overestimated puffed ranting spread stretched surcharged

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aureate bombastic dropsical euphuistic flatulent flowery fustian grandiloquent hot-air magniloquent ostentatious pompous pretentious prolix pumped-up rhapsodical rhetorical showy tumescent tumid turgid verbose windy wordy

Antonyms

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shrunken

STRONG

abbreviated abridged compressed contracted reduced

WEAK

deflated

Example Sentences

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Amplifying volatility means potentially “high upside” for investors, he said, although the pain of a bad bet would be magnified as well.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

When experiencing either emotion, everything — be it a piece of news, the prick of a finger, a conversation with a loved one living thousands of miles away — is magnified.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

"You've got the sun beating down, magnified by the glass, and the bus is 20 years old with no air conditioning, it's unbearable," says Darren Ford.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

And everything is magnified when you’re in a crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

For the universe at large, matters are naturally magnified.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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