aggrandise (Also aggrandises, aggrandised, aggrandising) : Related Words Words similar in meaning to aggrandise
- dramatize«
- dramatise«
- embellish«
- blow up«
- pad«
- embroider«
- lard«
- aggrandize«
- aggrandise«
- glorify«
- upgrade«
- striking«
- raise«
- promote«
- lift«
- kick upstairs«
- glory«
- elevate«
- advance«
- aggrandisement«
- top«
- tenure«
- embroidery«
- summit«
- embellishment«
- spot promote«
- elevation«
- resplend«
- dramatic event«
- proclaim«
- drama«
- prefer«
- aggrandizement«
- play«
- pinnacle«
- spectacular«
- peak«
- self-aggrandizement«
- overdramatize«
- self-aggrandisement«
- overdramatise«
- resplendency«
- laud«
- resplendence«
- idealize«
- night terror«
- idealise«
- idealization«
- idealisation«
- glorification«
- gentle«
- ego trip«
- favour«
- dramatic«
- favor«
- extol«
- exalt«
- entitle«
- ennoble«
- dignify«
- bring up«
- brevet«
- transcend«
- top out«
- thundering«
- sublime«
- stupefying«
- stunning«
- strike«
- staggering«
- signal«
- sentimentize«
- sentimentise«
- sentimentalize«
- sentimentalise«
- romanticize«
- romanticise«
- roleplay«
- represent«
- prime«
- praising«
- praise«
- playact«
- pass«
- overstep«
- overstate«
- overdraw«
- move«
- modify«
- magnify«
- lord«
- lead«
- knight«
- inspired«
- impress«
- imposing«
- hyperbolize«
- hyperbolise«
- hymn«
- ham«
- go past«
- glamourise«
- glamorize«
- further«
- foster«
- exceed«
- exaggerate«
- ensky«
- encourage«
- dub«
- divine«
- deify«
- dazzling«
- crack up«
- change«
- celebrated«
- canonize«
- canonise«
- boost«
- baronetize«
- baronetise«
- awing«
- astounding«
- astonishing«
- arresting«
- amplify«
- amazing«
- alter«
- affect«
- advantage«
- adopt«
- act«
- tiptop«
- superlative«
- strikingness«
- splendiferous«
- splendid«
- sentimentalization«
- sentimentalisation«
- romanticization«
- romanticisation«
- resplendent«
- promotion«
- meridian«
- melodramatic«
- magnificent«
- impressive«
- height«
- hammy«
- glorious«
- furtherance«
- dramatization«
- dramatisation«
- dramatic play«
- brilliant«
- boldness«
- advancement«
- acme«
- tragedy«
- theater of the absurd«
- term of office«
- street theater«
- storied«
- sterling«
- stately«
- splendour«
- splendor«
- spectacle«
- sensational«
- satyr play«
- richness«
- puppetry«
- proud«
- preferment«
- praiseworthy«
- praiseful«
- playwright«
- playlet«
- palatial«
- noble«
- mystery play«
- morality play«
- miracle play«
- mind-boggling«
- majestic«
- magnificence«
- lustrous«
- lustre«
- luster«
- lofty«
- lauder«
- laudatory«
- laudator«
- laudable«
- kudos«
- investment«
- investiture«
- incumbency«
- incandescent«
- impressiveness«
- important-looking«
- illustrious«
- ideal«
- historied«
- heroic«
- ham actor«
- guerrilla theater«
- greatest«
- grandness«
- grandiose«
- grandeur«
- grand«
- gallant«
- fulgurous«
- fulgurant«
- formidable«
- eye-popping«
- extolment«
- extoller«
- expansive«
- exaltation«
- ennoblement«
- empyrean«
- empyreal«
- elysian«
- dramatist«
- deification«
- congratulations«
- commendable«
- comedy«
- closet drama«
- brilliancy«
- brilliance«
- bright«
- bold«
- beautiful«
- baronial«
- awful«
- awesome«
- awe-inspiring«
- applaudable«
- apotheosis«
- zap«
- wow«
- worsen«
- womanize«
- wink at«
- wideness«
- widen«
- wet«
- westernize«
- westernise«
- weaponize«
- weaken«
- warm«
- waken«
- wake up«
- wake«
- vulgarize«
- vulgarise«
- volatilize«
- volatilise«
- void«
- vivify«
- vitrify«
- vitiate«
- vitalize«
- vitalise«
- visualize«
- visualise«
- virilize«
- virilise«
- vesiculate«
- verbify«
- ventilate«
- veil«
- vaunt«
- vascularize«
- vascularise«
- variegate«
- vaporise«
- value«
- validate«
- urbanize«
- urbanise«
- upset«
- untune«
- untie«
- unsubstantialize«
- unsubstantialise«
- unsex«
- unscramble«
- unsanctify«
- unite«
- unify«
- uniformize«
- uniformise«
- unfit«
- undo«
- underplay«
- underact«
- unclutter«
- uglify«
- turn back«
- turn«
- trouble«
- travesty«
- transubstantiate«
- transpose«
- transmute«
- translate«
- transitivize«
- transitivise«
- transform«
- transfigure«
- transaminate«
- tout«
- touch on«
- touch«
- tone down«
- tighten«
- think«
- thicken«
- territorialize«
- territorialise«
- terminate«
- tense«
- tenderize«
- tenderise«
- tender«
- temper«
- telling«
- tame«
- synchronize«
- synchronise«
- symmetrize«
- symmetrise«
- switch«
- sweeten«
- sweep off«
- sweep away«
- swash«
- suspend«
- surprise«
- surpassing«
- support«
- supple«
- supercharge«
- subvert«
- suburbanize«
- suburbanise«
- subtilize«
- substitute«
- sublimate«
- subdue«
- string«
- strike home«
- strike dumb«
- strike a note«
- strike a chord«
- strengthen«
- straighten out«
- straighten«
- stooge«
- stir«
- still«
- stiffen«
- steepen«
- stain«
- stabilize«
- stabilise«
- sputter«
- spur«
- spiritualize«
- spike«
- spice up«
- spice«
- speed up«
- speed«
- solvate«
- solemnize«
- solemnise«
- soil«
- soften«
- socialize«
- socialise«
- sober«
- smut«
- smite«
- slow down«
- slenderize«
- slenderise«
- simplify«
- shorten«
- shoot a line«
- shoal«
- shift«
- sharpen«
- shape«
- shallow«
- shake«
- shade«
- sexualize«
- sexualise«
- sex up«
- set up«
- set aside«
- set«
- sensitize«
- sensitise«
- sensify«
- sensibilize«
- sensibilise«
- scramble«
- schematize«
- schematise«
- sauce«
- saturate«
- saponify«
- sanitize«
- sanitise«
- sanctify«
- sadden«
- rusticate«
- rouse«
- round out«
- round off«
- round down«
- round«
- roleplaying«
- ripen«
- right«
- reward«
- revolutionize«
- revolutionise«
- reverse«
- retard«
- restore«
- replace«
- renormalize«
- renormalise«
- remodel«
- relax«
- reinstate«
- regenerate«
- refreshen«
- refresh«
- reform«
- reflate«
- refine«
- reestablish«
- reenact«
- redress«
- redo«
- redact«
- rectify«
- reconstruct«
- recommend«
- recombine«
- reclaim«
- rearing«
- ready«
- ravishing«
- rattling«
- rationalize«
- rationalise«
- rarify«
- rarefy«
- rarefied«
- raising«
- radicalize«
- put«
- purify«
- purge«
- prostrate«
- proof«
- professionalize«
- professionalise«
- profane«
- privilege«
- pretend«
- pressurize«
- pressurise«
- prepossess«
- prepare«
- portray«
- port«
- politicize«
- politicise«
- polarize«
- polarise«
- poison«
- plump out«
- plump«
- playing«
- playacting«
- plasticize«
- plasticise«
- piggyback«
- pierce«
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desensitize, desensitise, depress, deprave, depolarize, depolarise, depersonalize, depersonalise, deodourise, deodorize, deodorise, denature, denaturalize, denaturalise, denationalize, denationalise, demythologize, demythologise, demulsify, demoralize, demoralise, demonize, demonise, democratize, democratise, demist, demagnetize, demagnetise, delay, dehydrogenate, degauss, deform, defog, deflate, decrepitate, decrease, decorate, deconcentrate, decimalize, decimalise, decentralize, decentralise, decelerate, decarboxylate, debut, debauch, debase, deaminize, deaminate, deaden, deactivate, de-emphasize, de-emphasise, darken, damage, cut, customize, customise, cry, crush, crest, crack, counterchange, corrupt, correct, cool down, cool, cook, convert, conventionalize, conventionalise, contribute, contract, contaminate, constitutionalize, constitutionalise, connive at, confuse, conduce, condense, concentrate, compliment, complicate, compensate, commute, communize, communise, commix, 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angulate, amusing, amend, ameliorate, amalgamate, allegorize, allegorise, alkalinize, alkalinise, alienate, alien, alcoholize, alcoholise, alchemize, alchemise, aggravate, age, aerate, adorn, adjust, add, activate, acting, act out, achromatize, achromatise, acetylize, acetylise, acetylate, acerbate, accustom, accelerate, zip, zero in, zero, writing, wreathe, worsening, work up, work out, work on, work, wonder, winterize, winterise, wind up, wind, widening, whittle down, whittle away, whiteness, white out, whet, wetting, weld, weight down, weight, weeping, weatherstrip, weary, wear upon, wear out, wear down, wear away, wear, wean, weakening, water, wash up, wash out, wash, wallop, wakening, wait, violate, view, vie, vermiculate, verdigris, verbalize, verbalise, veer, vary, vacuum-clean, vacuum, uprise, upending, updating, up, unwind, unweave, untying, untwist, untwine, unstrain, unscrew, unlax, uniting, uniform, unfastening, undoing, underscore, underline, undergird, underdevelop, unbrace, unbend, ulcerate, twist, twinkle, turning, turn down, turn around, tune up, tune, tumble dry, truncate, troll, triumph, trim down, trim back, trim, treat, transplant, transition, transfuse, transfer, transduce, transcribe, tranquillize, tranquillise, tranquilize, train, trace, touching, total, top off, tone, toast, tire out, tire, tip, tint, tinsel, tinge, tincture, tinct, time, tightening, tie, throw together, throw out of kilter, throw in, throttle, thin out, thin, thickening, terrace, tense up, tell on, tears, teach, tauten, tart up, tan, taint, tabulate, synchronizing, sync, switching, sweetening, sweep, swamp, surge, surcharge, suppress, summerize, summerise, sulfate, substantiate, subrogate, suborn, subject, subedit, stupefy, stun, stultify, stuff, stucco, stub out, strop, stripe, strike a blow, striate, stretch, strengthening, streak, stratify, strap, strain, stop, stirring, stimulate, stigmatize, stigmatise, stiffening, stick, step up, step down, steam clean, steam, steady, stay, starch, star, stamp out, stalinize, stalinise, stake, squirt, square up, square, sprinkle, spray-dry, spot, sporulate, spoil, split up, split, splash, spiritualise, spin-dry, speeding, speck, sparkling, sparge, spangle, souse, sour, soundproof, sorcerize, sorcerise, sophisticate, sop, sonnet, solarize, solarise, soiling, softening, soap, soak, snarl up, snarl, smock, smear, smash up, smash, slowing, sliver, slime, slam-dunk, slake, slag, slackening, slacken, slack up, slack, silver, shrink, shortening, shimmer, shatter, shaping, shadow, shade off, settle, sensualize, sensualise, sensitizing, sensitising, sense, semi-automatize, semi-automatise, seed, see, sedate, secure, season, sear, scupper, screw, scrap, scorch, scollop, scheme, scavenge, scarify, scallop, scald, salute, salt, sallow, saint, rust, ruggedize, ruggedise, ruffle, rough-dry, roll, rise, ripening, riot, rigidifying, rigidify, ridge, revitalize, rev up, rev, retouch, retool, resuspend, restrengthen, restrain, resolve, reset, replenish, replacing, repercuss, repair, render, remit, remilitarize, remilitarise, remedy, relieve, reinforce, reheat, regulate, register, regard, refrigerate, refill, reenforce, reduce, redound, redevelop, redeem, redecorate, redden, reconvert, reconcile, recompense, reckon, receive, reawaken, readying, readjust, reactivate, rave, rasterize, ramp up, raddle, racket, quieten, quiet down, quiet, quiesce, quickening, quick-freeze, quench, queer, put to sleep, put right, put out, push, purpurate, purple, purging, puff up, puff, provide, proselytize, proselytise, proportion, process, privatize, privatise, print, prettify, pressure, press out, preheat, preen, precondition, prank, prang up, post, populate, polychromize, polychromise, polychrome, pollute, pollinate, pollenate, polish, poisoning, poise, plume, plumb, pleasing, pitch, pique, pipe-clay, pipe down, pipe, pinkify, pinion, pigment, phase out, petrify, pervaporate, perturb, perk up, peril, perfect, penning, peg, peer, pattern, parti-color, pare down, pare, parch, paralyze, paralyse, par, panel, palliate, paint the lily, pack, ozonize, ozonise, oversimplify, overload, overheat, overfill, overdo, overcompensate, overcast, over-correct, outwear, ordinate, ordered, open, obtund, object, numb, nullify, novelize, novelise, noted, noise, nobble, nitrify, negate, nail down, mystify, mutilate, murk, multiply, muddy up, mud, muck up, muck, move up, mount, mottle, motley, motion, moralize, moralise, mollify, moisten, modulate, mobilize, mobilise, mixing, mitigate, mire, minimize, minimise, mineralize, metrify, metricize, metricise, metricate, mess up, mess, mend, mellow, maximize, maximise, marvel, marking, marketing, mar, manifold, mangle, malt, make relaxed, make pure, macerate, lustrate, lure, lull, lucubrate, lube, lowering, lour, loosening, loosen up, load up, load, linearize, linearise, line, limit, lignify, leveling, let, lessening, lengthen, leave, lead off, lead astray, lay up, lay out, launder, latinize, latinise, last, landscape, lag, laden, lade, lacquer, lacing, knock up, knock out, kite, kill, keynote, key, keratinize, keratinise, justify, jumble, jewel, jaundice, jade, irritate, irrigate, iron out, involve, inure, inundate, intoxicate, interrupt, interpolate, intermix, intermingle, instance, inlay, ink, injure, infuse, infuscate, influence, inflated, inflame, inebriate, indurate, indue, individuate, incrust, inconvenience, incommode, incarnadine, impregnate, impair, immingle, imbue, illustrate, illuminate, identified, ice, hygienize, hygienise, hydrolize, hydrolise, hush, hurt, hurrying, humify, hoover, hook, honour, honor, hone, homologize, homologise, homogenize, homogenise, hollow out, hollow, hold, hit, hiding, heighten, heap, hay, have, haunting, harm, harden, happening, hanging, hang, handicap, handcolour, handcolor, hack, habit, gut, gush, gun, grow, grey, grease, gray, graduate, go up, glow, gloat, glamour, gild the lily, gild, gift, garnish, garland, gain, furbish up, fructify, frost, fringe, fret, freight, freezing, frap, foul, fossilize, fossilise, fork, foreshorten, foliate, focus, focalize, focalise, flux, fluff, flour, flood, float, flight, fledge, flaw, flatter, flash-freeze, flag, fit, fissure, fishtail, firm, finish, fine-tune, finalize, finalise, filling, fillet, fill again, filet, figure, fictionalize, fictionalise, feudalize, festoon, ferment, feel, federalize, federalise, fatigue, fancify, falsify, fag out, fag, factor, extinguish, exsiccate, expound, exposit, expose, expiate, experience, expatiate, exhaust, exemplify, eviscerate, everting, evangelize, evangelise, evacuate, eulogize, eulogise, etch, escalate, erode, equip, entail, enrich, enlarge, enhance, engild, enfeeble, enervate, energizing, endue, endow, ending, endanger, encrust, encode, encircle, enamel, empurple, emptying, empower, emend, embrown, embrangle, emblazon, emasculate, electrify, ejaculate, efface, edulcorate, educate, editing, edge, eat away, eat, easing, dust, duplex, dun, dulcorate, dulcify, dry up, dry clean, drip-dry, drift away, drift apart, dressing, dress up, dress ship, dress, drench, draw together, drain, dowse, down, douse, dot, doctor, do the dishes, distort, distill, disoblige, disinfect, disincarnate, dish, discontinue, discommode, discolourise, discolorize, discolorise, discipline, disarrange, dirtying, dip, dimple, diminish, dimension, dim, dilute, dilate, diazotize, diagonalize, diagonalise, devitrify, devitalize, devitalise, devil, deviate, developing, detain, destalinize, destalinise, designate, desiccate, describe, derange, depute, depressurize, depressurise, depreciate, deluge, delineate, delegate, dehydrate, dehumidify, dehumanize, dehumanise, degrade, degenerate, degaussing, defusing, deflower, deep freeze, decontrol, decompress, decolourize, decolourise, decolour, decolorize, decolorise, decolor, decoct, deck, decide, decease, decay, debilitate, deafen, deaf, deadening, de-escalate, de-energize, de-energise, daze, darkening, dangling, dampen, damp, damages, cutting, cutinize, cut up, cut down, cut back, curdling, cup, cultivate, culminate, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, crying, crush out, crowing, crow, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise, crop, crock, crisscross, crispen, crisp, cripple, cramp, cram, counterweight, counterpoise, counterbalance, corrode, core out, copyread, copyedit, coordinate, cooling, contour, contend, consubstantiate, constipate, consolidate, consider, congratulate, confirm, confine, condition, concoct, conclude, concealing, compound, compost, complexify, complete, compete, commune, commend, come up, come, combine, comb, colouring, coloring, co-opt, clutter up, clutter, cloture, clotting, closure, close out, close, clog, clearing, clear out, cleansing, cleaning, clean out, citify, circumscribe, circle, chink, chilling, cheapen, channelize, channelise, chafe, catholicize, catholicise, catabolize, catabolise, castrate, cast, carnalize, carnalise, caramelize, caramelise, caparison, calm, call, calibrate, calcine, buttress, bushel, burthen, burn, burden, build up, build, buckram, brush, bruise, brown, broil, broider, broadening, broaden, bring together, bring to, bring round, bring down, bring back, bring around, brim, breathe, bream, break off, break in, brand, braid, bragging, bracket out, bracket, brace up, brace, bother, bond, bolster, boil down, boasting, blubber, blow-dry, blotch, block, blistering, blend, blemish, bleed, bleach out, bleach, blazon, blank out, blandish, blackwash, blackening, black out, bitter, birth, bind, bilge, besprinkle, bespot, bespangle, besot, beset, benumb, benight, belittle, bejewel, begild, bedizen, bedight, bedew, bedeck, bedaze, bead, batten down, batten, bastardize, bastardise, barde, bard, bang up, balance, bake, bait, bail, back, azure, axe, ax, awakening, aurify, augment, attune, attenuate, attack, atone, asterisk, assuage, assign, arm, arise, applique, angle, amends, ameliorating, alloy, alleviate, align, airing, air, aid, aggregate, afflict, affecting, advertize, advertise, adjudicate, addict, activating, act upon, acidulate, acidify, acetify, abye, aby, abridge, about-face, abort, abbreviate, abate, abacinate, Passion play, Grand Guignol, Scribe, Rice, Lord, Kid, Islamize, Islamise, Fry, Frenchify, Europeanize, Europeanise, Americanize, Americanise, French, Devil, Christianize, Christianise,
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