verb
Meaning 1
To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overdramatize
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verb
Meaning 2
present in an overly dramatic manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overdramatise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dramatize, dramatise
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dramatize English overdramatize From over- + dramatize.