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dramatize
[dram-uh-tahyz, drah-muh-]
verb (used with object)
to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
to express or represent vividly, emotionally, or strikingly.
He dramatizes his woes with sobs and sighs.
verb (used without object)
to express oneself in a dramatic or exaggerated way.
dramatize
/ ˈ»å°ù泾əˌ³Ù²¹Éª³ú /
verb
(tr) to put into dramatic form
to express or represent (something) in a dramatic or exaggerated way
he dramatizes his illness
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- dramatizable adjective
- dramatizer noun
- overdramatize verb
- undramatizable adjective
- undramatized adjective
- well-dramatized adjective
- ˈ»å°ù²¹³¾²¹ËŒ³Ù¾±³ú²¹²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ˈ»å°ù²¹³¾²¹ËŒ³Ù¾±³ú±ð°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of dramatize1
Example Sentences
In dismissing the suit, Judge Liman said the Times "reviewed the available evidence and reported, perhaps in a dramatized manner, what it believed to have happened".
"The alleged facts indicate that the Times reviewed the available evidence and reported, perhaps in a dramatized manner, what it believed to have happened," he wrote.
Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.
The conflict was dramatized in the 1999 Michael Mann film “The Insider†and stained the program’s stellar reputation.
Sophocles’ “Antigone†and Euripides’ “Suppliant Women†dramatize tensions between personal morality, state power and democratic rights.
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