Dramatise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of dramatize. UK, alt-of, alternative

    ""I have been," muttered he, "dramatising the last week: as it cannot be a comedy, and end with a marriage, let it be a tragedy, and end with a death. I can be the tyrant—Evelyn the lover ordered to execution. Lord Avonleigh has a double part to sustain—the cruel father, and the minister of my vengeance; while Francesca can go mad in white satin.""

  2. 2
    add details to wordnet
  3. 3
    represent something in a dramatic manner wordnet
  4. 4
    put into dramatic form wordnet

Synonyms

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adoptaggrandiseaggrandizeblow updramatizedramatize

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"I hate how documentaries dramatise moments in history with overwrought music and B-list actors."

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