overaggrandize

English

Etymology

over- +‎ aggrandize

Verb

overaggrandize (third-person singular simple present overaggrandizes, present participle overaggrandizing, simple past and past participle overaggrandized)

  1. To make greater than is appropriate.
    • 1985, David J. Juroe, Bonnie B. Juroe, Successful Stepparenting, →ISBN, page 128:
      Does my child have the tendency to overaggrandize my ex-spouse, without seeing his or her faults?
    • 2011, Thomas M. Koulopoulos, The Innovation Zone: How Great Companies Re-Innovate for Amazing Success, →ISBN:
      We far too often overaggrandize innovation.
    • 2017, Mae Chang Koh, The Magnificent Chinese Jade Pagoda, →ISBN:
      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.
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