🎬dramatize

verb
/ˈdræm.ə.taɪz/

Meaning

to present a story in a dramatic way, or to exaggerate something

Example Sentences

The novel was dramatized into a popular TV series.

Example Expressions

dramatize the situation

Synonyms

exaggerate, theatricalize, overstate, act out

Antonyms

understate, minimize

Collocations

dramatize events, dramatize the story, dramatize the situation

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