Overview of verb magnify

The verb magnify has 3 senses

• magnify, amplify -- (increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind")


• overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")


• blow up, enlarge, magnify -- (make large; "blow up an image")

Overview of adj magnified

The adj magnified has 1 sense

• exaggerated, magnified, enlarged -- (enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes")