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How to sign: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery";
Similiar / Same: overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, overdraw, magnify
Categories: misinform, mislead
Within this category: boast, embroider, overemphasize
How to sign: increase in size, volume or significance
"Her terror was magnified in her mind";
Similiar / Same: magnify
Categories: enlarge