magnified Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify; amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
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verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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verb make large
blow up; enlarge; magnify.
- blow up an image
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adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
exaggerated; enlarged.
- thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes