Verbs

(v)magnify, amplifyincrease in size, volume or significance“Her terror was magnified in her mind”
(v)overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth“tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”
(v)inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyexaggerate or make bigger“The charges were inflated”
(v)amplifyincrease the volume of“amplify sound”