aggrandize (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *aggrandize*:
VERB	communication	aggrandize, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise	add details to

aggrandize > pronunciation
Sounds	ahgrae'nday.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *aggrandize*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	add details to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something
Synonyms	embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Narrower	glorify	Cause to seem more splendid
Broader	overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify	To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Spanish	adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja
Catalan	adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar
Nouns	aggrandizement	the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

HyperDic: aggrandize