dramatize meaning
dramatize meaning
To dramatize something is to put it in dramatic form (like a TV show or movie) or make it seem more dramatic, using exaggeration.
Anytime you see a movie or TV show about real events, the actors are dramatizing what really happened. If you slipped on the sidewalk and hurt your knee a little but later made it sound like the most tragic event in the history of humanity, you’re guilty of dramatizing what happened. To dramatize in that way is to exaggerate and embellish — it’s something that we all do occasionally.
Definitions of dramatize
put into dramatic form
represent something in a dramatic manner
“These events
dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today’s youth”synonyms:
dramatisetypes:- overdramatise, overdramatizepresent in an overly dramatic manner
type of:
- representserve as a means of expressing something
- overdramatise, overdramatize
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synonyms:
aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, padtypes:- glorifycause to seem more splendid
type of:
- amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstateto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- glorify
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