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Dramatize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To adapt (a literary work) for dramatic presentation, as in a theater or on television or radio.

v. To present or view in a dramatic or melodramatic way.

verb-intransitive. To be adaptable to dramatic form.

verb-intransitive. To indulge in self-dramatization.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.

v. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make a drama of; put into dramatic form; adapt for representation on the stage: as, to dramatize an incident or an adventure; to dramatize a legend or a novel.

To express or manifest dramatically; bring out in a dramatic or theatrical manner.

Also spelled dramatise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. put into dramatic form

v. represent something in a dramatic manner

v. add details to

Word Usage

"Medvedev said he would not "dramatize" troubled ties between Russia and NATO and said NATO needs Russia more than Russia needs NATO."

Verb Form

dramatized dramatizes dramatizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

pen indite write compose

Form

dramatized dramatizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

melodramatize operative burlesque farcify