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