To increase the scope of; extend: aggrandized the authority of his position.

The terms of subtraction are called minuend and subtrahend, the outcome is called the difference. The minuend is the first number, it is the number from which you take something and it must be the larger number. The subtrahend is the number that is subtracted and it must be the smaller number.

transitive verb. 1 : to make great or greater : increase, enlarge aggrandize an estate. 2 : to make appear great or greater : praise highly. 3 : to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of exploited the situation to aggrandize himself.

Aggrandize in a Sentence 🔉

1. I attempted to aggrandize the CEO’s high status in the company to sweet talk him into signing off on the deal.
2. Jack is a philanthropist who only supports causes that aggrandize him in the eyes of the world.
3. I hate listening to that snobbish radio talk show host self-aggrandize.

noun. enlargement [noun] something enlarged, especially a photograph.

Its present participle may be used as an adjective, aggrandizing, and the noun is aggrandizement. There is also a passive adjective, aggrandizable. Self-aggrandizement is the practice of exaggerating one’s own importance; the adjective corresponding to this word is self-aggrandizing.

Show Definitions. Generous adjective – Giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation. Greedy is an antonym for generous in topics: liberal, giving, plentiful.

verb (used with object), ag·gran·dized, ag·gran·diz·ing.

: marked by forceful energy : powerful a vehement wind : such as. a : intensely emotional : impassioned, fervid vehement patriotism.

early 15c., from Old French vehement, veement “impetuous, ardent” (12c.), from Latin vehementem (nominative vehemens) “impetuous, eager, violent, furious, ardent, carried away,” perhaps [Barnhart] from a lost present middle participle of vehere “to carry” (from PIE root *wegh- “to go, move, transport in a vehicle”).

If a person or their actions or comments are vehement, the person has very strong feelings or opinions and expresses them forcefully. He suddenly became very vehement and agitated, jumping around and shouting.

This type of situational apathy is normal. Yet, apathy can be a symptom of several neurological and psychiatric disorders. It can also be a syndrome. It can become more serious if you have a chronic condition and don’t treat it.

It is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest in or concern about emotional, social, spiritual, philosophical, virtual, or physical life and the world.

In the words of Elie Wiesel: “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. Worse than standing at a graveside and being overwhelmed with tears of suffering, is standing at the graveside and being underwhelmed by dry eyes filled with apathy.