v. 25B6; verb
the lens magnifies the image : ENLARGE, boost, enhance, maximize, increase, augment, extend, expand, amplify, intensify; informal blow up.
the problem gets magnified : EXAGGERATE, overstate, overemphasize, overplay, dramatize, colour, embroider, embellish, inflate, make a mountain out of (a molehill); informal blow up (out of all proportion), make a big thing out of.
reduce, minimize, understate.