AGGRANDIZED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

aggrandized

verb

past tense of aggrandize

as in elevated

to assign a high status or value to a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes

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as in increased

to make greater in size, amount, or number a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection

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Recent Examples of aggrandized Its character is aggrandized posh. — Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026 Vrabel has modernized, professionalized and aggrandized the Patriots in a matter of months. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025

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The color isn’t a precise measurement of toxicity, but a visual cue that glycoalkaloids may be elevated.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
Fourteen years after geeking out over his MSG debut, Styles, now 32, commanded the storied building with new authority, electricity, and dazzling production value that elevated it above any of the six shows of his I’ve seen before.

— Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of elevated

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The same year, Martin was promoted to president and general manager of the station.

— Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2026
By 2011, Bayliss was promoted to CEO of Virgin Group, overseeing a sprawling portfolio that includes an airline, telecommunications giant, gym chain, and commercial space-tourism business.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of promoted

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Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of expanded

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China accelerated its domestic chipmaking efforts after Washington tightened restrictions on Huawei Technologies in 2020, cutting the company off from TSMC.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Prince was able to free the ATV and accelerated toward the deputy, striking him and knocking him to the ground.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of accelerated

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SiriusXM launched a dedicated Dolly Parton Tribute Channel (105) built around her music and related artists and collaborators, augmented by listener recollections.

— Russ Penuell, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
Even Jeremy Allen White, the actor known in part for a steamy Calvin Klein underwear campaign that flaunted his very real muscles, has been augmented by this pocket of the internet.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of augmented

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The continent's sweltering summer has meanwhile boosted demand for air conditioning and other energy-hungry appliances at a time when demand for gas, widely used for Europe's heating and cooking needs, naturally falls.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Beyond the impact for populations the organization serves, Iyer said the promise of Daisy Chain Fields has boosted morale among NWLC staff during an extremely difficult time in America.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of boosted

Verb

Those amounts look modest until multiplied across the thousands of similar individual claims now pending.

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
That single decision, multiplied across a school district, then a state, then dozens of states, is how the United States found itself, over the summer, with the worst measles year in 35 years.

— A.J. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

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