aggrandize 音标拼音: [əgr'ænd
, ɑɪz]
vt . 增加,夸大
增加,夸大
aggrandize v 1 :
add details to [
synonym : {
embroider }, {
pad }, {
lard },
{
embellish }, {
aggrandize }, {
aggrandise }, {
blow up },
{
dramatize }, {
dramatise }]
Aggrandize \
Ag "
gran *
dize \,
v .
i .
To increase or become great . [
Obs .]
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Follies ,
continued till old age ,
do aggrandize . --
J .
Hall .
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Aggrandize \
Ag "
gran *
dize \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Aggrandized };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Aggrandizing }.] [
F .
agrandir ; [`
a ] (
L .
ad )
grandir to increase ,
L .
grandire ,
fr .
grandis great .
See {
Grand },
and cf . {
Finish }.]
1 .
To make great ;
to enlarge ;
to increase ;
as ,
to aggrandize our conceptions ,
authority ,
distress .
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2 .
To make great or greater in power ,
rank ,
honor ,
or wealth ;
--
applied to persons ,
countries ,
etc .
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His scheme for aggrandizing his son . --
Prescott .
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3 .
To make appear great or greater ;
to exalt . --
Lamb .
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Syn :
To augment ;
exalt ;
promote ;
advance .
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110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
aggrandize ":
add to ,
advance ,
amplify ,
apotheose ,
apotheosize ,
augment ,
ballyhoo ,
beatify ,
beef up ,
bloat ,
blow up ,
boost ,
broaden ,
build ,
build up ,
bulk ,
bulk out ,
burlesque ,
canonize ,
caricature ,
carry too far ,
crescendo ,
crown ,
deify ,
develop ,
dignify ,
dilate ,
distend ,
distinguish ,
draw the longbow ,
elevate ,
enlarge ,
ennoble ,
enshrine ,
enthrone ,
erect ,
exaggerate ,
exalt ,
expand ,
extend ,
fatten ,
fill out ,
glamorize ,
glorify ,
go to extremes ,
graduate ,
heighten ,
hike ,
hike up ,
honor ,
huff ,
hyperbolize ,
immortalize ,
increase ,
inflate ,
jack up ,
jump up ,
kick upstairs ,
knight ,
lay it on ,
lengthen ,
lionize ,
magnify ,
make legendary ,
make much of ,
maximize ,
multiply ,
overcharge ,
overdo ,
overdraw ,
overestimate ,
overpraise ,
overreach ,
overreact ,
oversell ,
overspeak ,
overstate ,
overstress ,
parlay ,
pass ,
pile it on ,
prefer ,
promote ,
puff ,
puff up ,
pump ,
pump up ,
put up ,
pyramid ,
raise ,
rarefy ,
saint ,
sanctify ,
set up ,
stretch ,
stretch the truth ,
sublime ,
sufflate ,
swell ,
talk big ,
talk in superlatives ,
thicken ,
throne ,
tout ,
travesty ,
up ,
upgrade ,
uplift ,
uprear ,
widen
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