Definition of dramatize Dramatize
/dɹɑˈmʌtajˌz/ - [dramutayz] - dram•a•tize
We found 8 definitions of dramatize from 5 different sources.
Advertising
Word comparison
British English
dramatise - /dɹˈæmɐtˌaɪz/
American English
dramatize - /dɹɑˈmʌtajˌz/
What does dramatize mean?
WordNet
Verb |
||
| dramatize - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" | ||
| dramatise | ||
| 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" | ||
| dramatize - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" | ||
| dramatise, 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" | ||
| dramatize - add details to | ||
| embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise | ||
| 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" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- dramatize (Verb)
To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television. - dramatize (Verb)
To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dramatize (v. t.)
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
dramatize
To put into dramatic form.
Part of speech
🔤- dramatize, verb, present, 1st person singular of dramatize (infinitive).
- dramatize, verb (infinitive).
Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Last searches
See also
Advertising
Advertising