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   dramatize

   /ˈdramətʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. adapt (a novel) or present (a particular incident) as a play or film: "his play dramatized the plight of Maureen, a pregnant young woman" Similar turn into a play/filmadapt for the stage/screenbase a screenplay onput into dramatic formpresent as a play/film
   • ▪ exaggerate the seriousness or importance of (an incident or situation): "she had a tendency to dramatize things" Similar exaggerateoverdooverstateoveremphasizeoverplayhyperbolizeoverstressmagnifyamplifyinflatecatastrophizesensationalizeembroidercolourheightenexpand onaggrandizedress uptouch upembellishelaborategildinformal:make a big thing out ofblow up (out of all proportion)lay it on thickham upOpposite understate

   Scrabble Points: 21

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   • R

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