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aggrandize
Overview of verb aggrandize
The verb aggrandize has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise -- (add details to)
Grep of noun aggrandize
aggrandizement
Antonyms of verb aggrandize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> glorify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
'Cause To' of verb aggrandize
Derived Forms of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
RELATED TO>(noun) aggrandizement#1
=> aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
Domain of verb aggrandize
Domain Terms of verb aggrandize
Familiarity of verb aggrandize
aggrandize used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb aggrandize
1 sense of aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb aggrandize
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
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Grep of verb aggrandize
aggrandize
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