Defenition of the word magnify
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Defenition of the word magnify
- To elevate someone to a higher grade or dignity.
- make large; "blow up an image"
- increase in size, volume or significance: "Her terror was magnified in her mind."
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old_South'' imagery."
- increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South'' imagery"
- make large
- increase in size, volume or significance
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Synonyms for the word magnify
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- amplify
- blow up
- enlarge
- exaggerate
- expand
- hyperbolize
- increase
- overdraw
- overstate
Similar words in the magnify
Hyponyms for the word magnify
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- aggrandise
- aggrandize
- blow
- blow up
- bluster
- boast
- brag
- dramatise
- dramatize
- embellish
- embroider
- gas
- gasconade
- lard
- overemphasise
- overemphasize
- overstress
- pad
- shoot a line
- swash
- tout
- vaunt
Hypernyms for the word magnify
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- enlarge
- increase
- misinform
- mislead
Antonyms for the word magnify
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- downplay
- minimise
- minimize
- reduce
- scale down
- understate
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