Blowing Up — synonyms, blowing up antonyms, definition

1. blowing up (Noun)

berating

blowing up (Noun) — A severe rebuke. ex. "he deserved the blowing up that the coach gave him"

rebuke reprehension reprimand reproof reproval

2. blowing up (Verb)

aggrandising aggrandizing amplifying blowing a fuse blowing one's stack combusting detonating dramatising dramatizing embellishing embroidering enlarging expanding exploding flipping one's lid flipping one's wig flying off the handle going ballistic having a fit having kittens • • • reducing

blowing up (Verb) — Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. ex. "We blew up the nuclear bomb"

blowing up (Verb) — (photography) make appear larger; make a larger copy. ex. "blow up an image"

blowing up (Verb) — Get very angry and fly into a rage. ex. "The professor blew up when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"

blowing up (Verb) — Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality.

blowing up (Verb) — Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. ex. "the bomb blew up at noon"

blowing up (Verb) — Exaggerate or make bigger.

blowing up (Verb) — Fill with gas or air. ex. "blow up a balloon"

blowing up (Verb) — To swell or cause to enlarge. ex. "Her faced blew up from the drugs"

amplifying changing integrity exaggerating expanding hyperbolising hyperbolizing increasing intumescing magnifying overdrawing overstating puffing raging swelling swelling up tumefying tumescing billowing dynamiting fulminating glorifying heaving puffing up reflating surging