'Dramatize' definitions:
Definition of 'dramatize'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" [syn: dramatize, dramatise]
verb
Add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
Definition of 'Dramatize'
From: GCIDE
- Dramatize \Dram"a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dramatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dramatizing.] [Cf. F. dramatiser.] To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. [1913 Webster]
- They dramatized tyranny for public execration. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dramatize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act a part,
- affect,
- assume,
- be a gas,
- be a hit,
- betoken,
- bill,
- bomb,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- counterfeit,
- dangle,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- disclose,
- display,
- divulge,
- do a bit,
- embody,
- enact,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exaggerate,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- fail,
- fake,
- feature,
- feign,
- flaunt,
- flop,
- flourish,
- give sign,
- give token,
- headline,
- highlight,
- histrionize,
- illuminate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- make a hit,
- make clear,
- make out like,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- melodramatize,
- mount,
- open,
- open a show,
- overact,
- overdo,
- overplay,
- overstate,
- parade,
- perform,
- pile it on,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play up,
- playact,
- premiere,
- present,
- pretend,
- preview,
- produce,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- scenarize,
- set forth,
- set the stage,
- sham,
- show,
- show forth,
- simulate,
- splash,
- spotlight,
- stage,
- star,
- succeed,
- theatricalize,
- token,
- trot out,
- try out,
- tug the heartstrings,
- unfold,
- wave,
- wear