Synonyms of aggrandizing

aggrandizing

verb

present participle of aggrandize

1

as in elevating

to assign a high status or value to

a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevating
• promoting
• exalting
• lifting
• ennobling
• enthroning
• dignifying
• deifying
• enshrining
• glorifying
• canonizing
• magnifying
• upgrading
• praising
• honoring
• raising
• boosting
• uplifting
• heightening
• enskying
• intensifying
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• extolling
• acclaiming
• sanitizing
• lauding
• sugarcoating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrading
• humiliating
• humbling
• minimizing
• disparaging
• demeaning
• detracting
• belittling
• abasing
• depreciating
• decrying

2

as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number

a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• expanding
• accelerating
• augmenting
• boosting
• raising
• multiplying
• extending
• enhancing
• enlarging
• amplifying
• reinforcing
• stoking
• swelling
• maximizing
• intensifying
• adding (to)
• escalating
• strengthening
• hyping
• compounding
• upping
• supersizing
• inflating
• pumping up
• building up
• supplementing
• developing
• skyrocketing
• heightening
• prolonging
• distending
• lengthening
• jumping
• elongating
• spiking
• booming
• complementing
• stretching
• reenforcing
• protracting
• magnifying
• bumping (up)
• dilating
• ratcheting (up)
• drawing out
• accumulating
• amassing
• fleshing (out)
• collecting
• blowing up
• racheting (up)
• beefing (up)
• parlaying
• following up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reducing
• diminishing
• decreasing
• lowering
• lessening
• dwindling
• downsizing
• subtracting (from)
• curtailing
• abating
• shortening
• abridging
• abbreviating
• minifying
• contracting
• compressing
• condensing
• de-escalating
• constricting
• retrenching
• cutting back