dramatize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
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to express or represent vividly, emotionally, or strikingly.
He dramatizes his woes with sobs and sighs.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to put into dramatic form
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to express or represent (something) in a dramatic or exaggerated way
he dramatizes his illness
Other Word Forms
- dramatizable adjective
- dramatizer noun
- overdramatize verb
- undramatizable adjective
- undramatized adjective
- well-dramatized adjective
Etymology
Origin of dramatize
Example Sentences
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In its second section, the novel flashes forward to dramatize an academic symposium organized to honor Thomas after his death.
Each step of this increasingly surreal tale dramatizes—that is, gives form to—an act of vanishing.
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” dramatized the suffering and exploitation of farmers migrating to California from the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.
The answer to that question is what “The Pitt” attempts to dramatize in “5:00 p.m.,”
From Los Angeles Times
It is a work of theater, dramatizing feelings, as the earlier Disney staging attempted.
From Los Angeles Times
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