dramatizing
present participle ofdramatize
dramatize
verb[T]
(UKusuallydramatise)uk/ˈdræm.ə.taɪz/us/ˈdræm.ə.taɪz/dramatizeverb[T](THEATRE)
Whenwritersdramatizebooks,stories,poems, etc., they write them again in aformthat can beperformed.
Theatre - general words
- audio described
- audio description
- break
- break a legidiom
- community theatre
- diegetic
- double bill
- drama
- dramatize
- hold
- kabuki
- musical
- non-theatrical
- nondramatic
- premiere
- puppetry
- scenography
- slapstick
- thespian
- vaudeville
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts
dramatizeverb[T](MAKE EXCITING)
disapproving
If someone dramatizes areportof what hashappenedto them, they make thestoryseemmoreexciting,important, ordangerousthan it really is.
Exaggerating & playing down
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- protest too muchidiom
- stretch the truthidiom
- understate
Examplesofdramatizing
dramatizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It positioned itself on the unstable boundary between body and psyche,dramatizingthe contradiction inherent in the idea of conscious matter.
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They actively take part indramatizingthe stories they hear, prolonging and adding more details to the stories.
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We conclude parametric imaging displays the physiologic state of the lung circulationdramatizingregional and whole lungflowdifferences thus enhancing assessment of pulmonary hemodynamics.
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I decided in that moment to pursue the idea ofdramatizinghis world view.
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Also, from a strictly narrative perspective, simultaneouslydramatizingseveral stories on stage is extremely economical.
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Koizumi was fortunate in selecting anddramatizingpolicy issues to which the public responded.
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We bring you stories of the supernatural and the supernormal,dramatizingthe fantasies and the mysteries of the unknown.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are often closely connected to his essays; expanding on anddramatizingtheir ideas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Oftentimes, adults pose questions or hypothetical situations to the children (sometimes dangerous) but in a teasing, playful manner, oftendramatizingtheir responses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, oftendramatizingthe lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rollup is the process ofdramatizinga win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Playing outlaws, what they did in effect, wasdramatizingthe idea of freedom, expressing man's historic longing for it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dramatizingmany specific scenes in the report, it is a synthesis of multiple (and in some cases partisan) sources in addition to the report itself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some look forward, dealing with innovation in the visual arts and philosophy; others look back,dramatizingneo-pagan themes.
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