Definition of dramatise Dramatise

/dɹˈæmɐtˌa‍ɪz/ - dram•a•tise

We found 6 definitions of dramatise from 4 different sources.

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British English

dramatise - /dɹˈæmɐtˌa‍ɪz/

American English

dramatize - /dɹɑˈmʌtajˌz/

What does dramatise mean?

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Verb

dramatise - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
  dramatize
  represent point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"
  overdramatise, overdramatize present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class"
dramatise - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
  dramatize, adopt
  indite, pen, compose, write put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
  penning, authorship, writing, composition the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"
dramatise - add details to
  embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize
  hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
  glorify bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
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  • dramatise (Verb)
    Alternative spelling of dramatize.

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  • dramatise
    To put into dramatic form.

Part of speech

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  • dramatise, verb, present, 1st person singular of dramatise (infinitive).
  • dramatise, verb (infinitive).

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