overdramatize

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

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

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • overdramatize — v. t. to present in an overly dramatic manner. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overdramatize — index distort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overdramatize — (Amer.) v. portray in an overly dramatic manner; express in an overly dramatic manner (also overdramatise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overdramatize — v., overdramatized, overdramatizing. * * * …   Universalium

  • overdramatize — verb To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic …   Wiktionary

  • overdramatize — or overdramatise verb react to or portray in an excessively dramatic way. Derivatives overdramatic adjective …   English new terms dictionary

  • overdramatize — o ver•dram′a•tize v. tized, tiz•ing …   From formal English to slang

  • overdramatized — overdramatize (Amer.) v. portray in an overly dramatic manner; express in an overly dramatic manner (also overdramatise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overdramatizes — overdramatize (Amer.) v. portray in an overly dramatic manner; express in an overly dramatic manner (also overdramatise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overdramatizing — overdramatize (Amer.) v. portray in an overly dramatic manner; express in an overly dramatic manner (also overdramatise) …   English contemporary dictionary

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