aggrandise

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A form of aggrandize — To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbaggrandise (third-person singular simple present aggrandises, present participle aggrandising, simple past and past participle aggrandised)

present singular third person aggrandises · participle present aggrandising · participle past aggrandised · past aggrandised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aggrandise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aggrandise.

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