inflate
verb [T] (MAKE LARGER) /ɪnˈfleɪt/Definition
› to make something larger or more important: They inflated their part in the rescue every time they told the story.Exaggerating and playing downPraising and applauding
(Definition of inflate verb (MAKE LARGER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarmist adjective
- alarmist noun
- be stretching it idiom
- drama queen noun
- dramatize verb (MAKE EXCITING)
- exaggerate verb
- exaggeration noun
- grandiloquent adjective
- lay it on a bit thick idiom
- make little of sth idiom
- minimize verb
- OTT adjective
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overrate verb
- overstatement noun
- pad sth out phrasal verb
- soft-pedal verb
- talk sth up phrasal verb
- underrate verb
- undersell verb (BE MODEST)
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