dramatize

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to adapt a story or event for performance as a play, film, radio work, or television program

   The screenwriter chose to dramatize the explorer's final expedition.

2. 2
   verb

   to present or demonstrate something vividly through action or striking detail

   The sudden shortage helped dramatize the weakness of the supply chain.

3. 3
   verb

   to make an event or situation seem more exciting, serious, or emotional than it is

   There is no need to dramatize a minor disagreement.

Formed from drama + -ize in the eighteenth century. Its senses developed from turning material into drama to presenting something vividly or exaggerating its emotional force.

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