عَظُمَ: كَبُرَ، صَارَ عَظِيماً to be or become great, big, large; to grow, increase; to be or become grand, grandiose, splendid, magnificent

عَظُمَ الأمْرُ عَلَيْهِ to be hard for, difficult for, painful for, distressing for, oppressive for