Verb: aggrandize u'gran,dIz or 'a-grun,dIz
- Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality
"He is free to aggrandize the image of his mother";
- embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise [Brit], dramatize, dramatise [Brit]
Derived forms: aggrandizing, aggrandized, aggrandizes
Type of: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate