(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heighten.

accelerando acceleration aggrandizement aggravation amplification annoyance augmentation ballyhoo beefing-up big talk blowing up blowup burlesque caricature concentration condensation consolidation contentiousness deepening deliberate aggravation deterioration dilatation dilation embittering embitterment enhancement enlargement exacerbation exaggerating exaggeration exasperation excess exorbitance expansion explosion extravagance extreme grandiloquence heating-up huckstering hyperbole hyperbolism increase inflation information explosion inordinacy intensification irritation magnification overemphasis overestimation overkill overstatement pickup population explosion prodigality profuseness provocation puffery puffing up redoubling reinforcement sensationalism sharpening souring speedup step-up strengthening stretching superlative tall talk tightening touting travesty worsening