embiggening
Increasing in size
Embiggening is the act of making something bigger or more significant.
The word was coined in a 1996 episode of *The Simpsons* as deliberate nonsense—a fake word meant to sound absurd—but has since entered genuine use, particularly online, often with ironic awareness of its origins: The embiggening of the federal deficit continues unabated.
Growing in scope
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- wideningIncreasing in extent
- extendingIncreasing in reach
inflating · supersizing · upsizing · bloating · distending · lengthening · thickening · fattening
Degree of visual enlargement
- intensificationIncrease in degree
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- augmentationAct of adding more
strengthening · reinforcement · heightening · supercharging · multiplication · redoubling · loudening · upscaling
Protective tissue response
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- bulgeOutward curved projection
- bloatSwell abnormally
- puffinessMild tissue swelling
distension · engorgement · protuberance · turgidity · ballooning · tumescence · engorging · plumping
Humorously acceptable or valid
- SimpsonsAnimated TV family
- coinageInvented term or currency
- inventedCreated something new
- nonce wordTerm coined for single use
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
flourishing · blooming · sprouting · budding · germination · ripening · spreading · unfolding
expanding
Growing in scope
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- wideningIncreasing in extent
extending · inflating · supersizing · upsizing · bloating · distending · lengthening · thickening · fattening · broadening
magnification
Degree of visual enlargement
- intensificationIncrease in degree
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
augmentation · strengthening · reinforcement · heightening · supercharging · multiplication · redoubling · loudening · upscaling · fortification
inflammation
Protective tissue response
puffiness · distension · engorgement · protuberance · turgidity · ballooning · tumescence · engorging · plumping
cromulent
Humorously acceptable or valid
development
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- progressionSequential forward movement
proliferation · flourishing · blooming · sprouting · budding · germination · ripening · spreading · unfolding · advancement
embiggeningshrinking
Decreasing in dimension
reducing · diminishing · contracting · minimizing · lessening
embiggeningdiminishing
Becoming progressively less
belittling · degrading · debasing · cheapening · demeaning
enlarge, bigger, biggest, enlargement, biggie, embiggen, embiggens, embiggened