Verb: dramatise 'draa-mu,tIz or 'dra-mu,tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: dramatize)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: dramatize)
- Put into dramatic form
"dramatise a book for a screenplay";
- dramatize, adopt
- Represent something in a dramatic manner
"These events dramatise the lack of social responsibility among today's youth";
- dramatize
- Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality
"He is free to dramatise the image of his mother";
- embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise [Brit], dramatize
Derived forms: dramatised, dramatises, dramatising
Type of: amplify, compose, exaggerate, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, indite [archaic], magnify, overdraw, overstate, pen, represent, write
Encyclopedia: Dramatise