verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television. transitive
2. 2
   add details to wordnet
3. 3
   To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner. transitive
4. 4
   represent something in a dramatic manner wordnet
5. 5
   put into dramatic form wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

act a partadoptaffectaggrandiseaggrandizeassume

Example

More examples

"Don't dramatize. Everything's fine."

Etymology

From drama + -ize.

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