单词 | aggrandise |
释义 | aggrandise (once / 12508 pages) v WORD FAMILY aggrandise: aggrandised, aggrandisement, aggrandises, aggrandising+/aggrandisement: aggrandisements, self-aggrandisement/aggrandising: self-aggrandising USAGE EXAMPLESCinema, with its aggrandising close-ups and urging, saccharine scores, could sometimes be his worst enemy. The Guardian(Aug 12, 2014) It seems incongruous that the founder of the Gestapo should be an art collector but he was building up a collection to aggrandise the Reich. BBC(Jan 17, 2014) Aggrandising projects, Erdogan's critics say, distract from more pressing issues in the nation of 76 million. Reuters(Jun 02, 2013) v add details to Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad glorify cause to seem more splendid amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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