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dramatize

[ dram-uh-tahyz, drah-muh- ]

verb (used with object)

, dram·a·tized, dram·a·tiz·ing.
  1. to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  2. to express or represent vividly, emotionally, or strikingly:

    He dramatizes his woes with sobs and sighs.



verb (used without object)

, dram·a·tized, dram·a·tiz·ing.
  1. to express oneself in a dramatic or exaggerated way.

dramatize

/ ˈdræməˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to put into dramatic form
  2. to express or represent (something) in a dramatic or exaggerated way

    he dramatizes his illness



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Derived Forms

  • ˈdramaˌtizer, noun
  • ˈdramaˌtizable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • drama·tiza·ble adjective
  • drama·tizer noun
  • over·drama·tize verb overdramatized overdramatizing
  • un·drama·tiza·ble adjective
  • un·drama·tized adjective
  • well-drama·tized adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dramatize1

1770–80; < Greek drāmat- ( dramatic ) + -ize

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Example Sentences

The American Apparel adverts are deemed tacky and offensive because they dramatize, brazenly, the sex-drenched time we live in.

It's difficult to imagine anyone better equipped to dramatize these questions than the show's creators.

Because it's too cautious to dramatize real problems and too reductive to tackle them realistically.

Fosse uses poetic dialogue, with rhythmic repetitions and silences, to dramatize life and loneliness.

Drutman goes on the dramatize this elite in a number of ways and to slice and dice the data similarly.

The annual festivities and mysteries will be discussed together because both were intended to dramatize the same beliefs.

It was perfectly natural that he should stage his first love-affair, and when he was jilted that he should dramatize his despair.

Any author may reserve the right to translate or to dramatize his own work.

She did not even attempt to dramatize herself as the good angel.

How did it happen that she did not attempt to dramatize herself with Lindaberry?

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