AGGRANDIZE


Meaning of AGGRANDIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əgrændaɪz ]

( aggrandizes, aggrandizing, aggrandized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'aggrandise'

To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.

At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...

...plans to aggrandise the building.

VERB : V pron-refl , V n [ disapproval ]

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