overaggrandize en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + aggrandize.
Meanings
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To make greater than is appropriate.
I don't want to overaggrandize him to make up for the past, but I want to be very respectful of how he really was.
2017, Mae Chang Koh, The Magnificent Chinese Jade Pagoda, →ISBN:Does my child have the tendency to overaggrandize my ex-spouse, without seeing his or her faults?
1985, David J. Juroe, Bonnie B. Juroe, Successful Stepparenting, →ISBN, page 128:We far too often overaggrandize innovation.
2011, Thomas M. Koulopoulos, The Innovation Zone: How Great Companies Re-Innovate for Amazing Success, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overaggrandizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overaggrandized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overaggrandized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overaggrandizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |