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Synonyms for magnify
ˈmæg nəˌfaɪmag·ni·fy
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magnify, amplifyverb
increase in size, volume or significance
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"
Synonyms:
exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, hyperbolize, inflate, overstateoverstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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exaggerate, blow up, amplify, hyperbolise, enlarge, overdraw, expand, overdo, hyperbolize, inflate, overstateblow up, enlarge, magnifyverb
make large
"blow up an image"
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go ballistic, lucubrate, expatiate, puff out, exposit, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, expound, flesh out, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, combust, flip one's lid, expand, dilate, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, overstate, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, exaggerate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, elaborate, inflate, aggrandize, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, dramatize, blow one's stack
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
magnifyverb
Synonyms:
enlarge, augment, amplify, exaggerate, make great, increase the size of (to the eye)magnifyverb
Synonyms:
extol, exalt, elevate, celebrate, glorify, bless, laud, praise highly
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magnifyverb
Synonyms:
augment, amplify, enlarge, overstate, exaggerate
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#985 | increase | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1482 | develop | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3551 | raise | |
#4532 | extend | |
#5030 | pad | |
#8658 | rage | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#18108 | puff | |
#18201 | explode | |
#23117 | revive | |
#26007 | augment | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#38823 | inflate | |
#39990 | optimizes | |
#43382 | lard | |
#52027 | exaggerate | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#65818 | embellish | |
#69319 | detonate | |
#70221 | laud | |
#73071 | overstate | |
#75307 | expound | |
#79099 | extol | |
#80648 | overdo | |
#83704 | embroider | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#108146 | foment | |
#115292 | dramatize | |
#119460 | combust | |
#237497 | overdraw | |
#285764 | aggrandize |
How to use magnify in a sentence?
I think I'll probably vote for Bernie. Him as a human being, when I was hanging out with him, I believe in him, I like him, I like him a lot, what Bernie stands for is a guy -- look, you could dig up dirt on every single human being that's ever existed if you catch them in their worst moment and you magnify those moments and you cut out everything else and you only display those worst moments. That said, you can't find very many with Bernie. He's been insanely consistent his entire life. He's basically been saying the same thing, been for the same thing his whole life. And that in and of itself is a very powerful structure to operate from.
The 25-30 second exposures reveal more stars and planets up above, they also magnify the lights on the ground, so even cities 100 miles away were blasting out our photos with floods of light.
We magnify the wealthy man, though his parts be never so poor. The poor man we despise, be he never so well qualified. Gold is the coverlet of imperfections. It is the fool?s curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.
Gillam Deputy Mayor John McDonald:
And in the bush, magnify that by 10-20 times. Forget it.
A hole in your eardrum decreases its ability to take a sound and magnify it.
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