OVERDRAMATISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overdramatise mean? 

• OVERDRAMATISE (verb)
  The verb OVERDRAMATISE has 1 sense:

1. present in an overly dramatic manner

  Familiarity information: OVERDRAMATISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERDRAMATISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overdramatise    ... he / she / it overdramatises   
Past simple: overdramatised   
Past participle: overdramatised   
-ing form: overdramatising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Present in an overly dramatic manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

overdramatise; overdramatize

Context example:

She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class

Hypernyms (to "overdramatise" is one way to...):

dramatise; dramatize (represent something in a dramatic manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something