overdramatize
verb[IorT]
disapproving(alsoover-dramatize);(UKusuallyoverdramatise,over-dramatise)uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈdræm.ə.taɪz/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈdræm.ə.taɪz/to make asituationseema lot moreexciting,important, ordangerousthan it really is:
He alwaystendsto overdramatize everything.
Thestoryisdramaticenough, so you don't have to over-dramatize it.
Ofcourseit'seasyto overdramatise.
- I don'twantto overdramatize it, but it is alifeordeathsituation.
- She didn'ttryto over-dramatize.
- You do overdramatise things abit, youknow.
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overembellish
- overexaggerate
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom