overdramatise

overdramatise
verb
present in an overly dramatic manner
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She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class

Syn: ↑overdramatize
Hypernyms: ↑dramatize, ↑dramatise
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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overdramˈatize (↑dramatize) overdramˈatise (↑dramatise) vt(5)
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Main Entry:over-

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