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dramatize Definition

drama·tize (dramə tīz′, drämə-)

transitive verb -·tized′, -·tiz′·ing

  1. to make into a drama; adapt (a story, events, etc.) for performance on the stage, in a film, etc.
  2. to regard or present (actions, oneself, etc.) as though in a play; give dramatic quality to

Etymology: < LL drama (gen. dramatis), drama + -ize

intransitive verb

  1. to be capable of being dramatized
  2. to dramatize oneself

dramatize Synonyms

dramatize

v.

  1. To present a performance

    enact, produce, stage; see perform 2.

  2. To exaggerate

    overstate, overplay, give color to, amplify; see act 3, exaggerate.

dramatize Usage Examples

Object

  • version: Orwell, like Bond, is a dramatized version of his creator.
  • story: The group obviously worked together in a creative way to dramatize the story.
  • life: The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder dramatized the lives of four generations over a ninety-year span of family Christmas dinners.
  • issue: Pluto is also a factor that stimulates and dramatizes ethics issues and makes them even more complex.
  • documentary: Then came a big television opportunity - a leading part in a " dramatized documentary " about alcoholism.
  • emotion: They attempted to dramatize the great human emotions in relation to the dynamics of the city.

Used with why or when

what: Students can then dramatize what sort of rhythmic sounds stomping feet in a rain dance might have made.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: It has to be seriously considered, for worship in Greek culture was dramatized often.
  • vividly: The spread of anthrax through the United States Postal Service in October 2001 vividly dramatized the potential problem.
  • fully: Fully dramatized by cast of 30 plus creepy sound effects and original music.
  • not: Characters, setting, atmosphere: everything is dramatized not by the flash of Hollywood gloss but in the sweat and blood of life.
  • slightly: The author takes particular moments and slightly dramatizes them by adding passages of direct speech.
  • only: But these accusations only dramatize the moral and political confusion into which, over this momentous question, the Arabs have fallen.

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