Meaning | add details to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, dramatise |
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Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
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Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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Spanish | adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja |
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Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar |
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Nouns | aggrandisement | the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something |
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