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OVERDRAMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overdramatize mean? 

OVERDRAMATIZE (verb)
  The verb OVERDRAMATIZE has 1 sense:

1. present in an overly dramatic mannerplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERDRAMATIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overdramatize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overdramatizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overdramatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overdramatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overdramatizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "overdramatize" is one way to...):

dramatise; dramatize (represent something in a dramatic manner)

Sentence frames:

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


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