overaggrandize

English

Etymology

From 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.