dramatize
/ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/
dramatize verb: to adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
Verb
dramatize (third-person singular simple present dramatizes, present participle dramatizing, simple past and past participle dramatized)
- To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
- To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
dramatize meaning in Malayalam
dramatize in Malayalam
- turn into a play, turn into a film, adapt for the stage
- നാടകമാക്കുക, നാടകം രചിക്കുക, നാടകമായി രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുത്തുക, നാടകരൂപത്തിലാക്കുക, നാടകീയമാക്കുക, നാടകത്തിന് അനുയോജ്യമായ രീതിയിലാക്കുക
- overdo, exaggerate, overstate
- നാടകീയമായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കുക, നാടകീകരിക്കുക, അതിശയോക്തി പരമായി ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക, പുളുവടിയ്ക്കുക, കെട്ടിപ്പറക, ഗീർവാണമടിക്കുക
Examples of dramatize in a sentence
- The latter issue dramatizes the long shadow Brexit is casting on Mr.
- The pro-martyr stance of the statements above will only have been more dramatized in their story form.
- It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights.
Forms of dramatize
| third-person singular present | dramatizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | dramatizing |
| past participle | dramatized |
| past | dramatized |
| alternative form | dramatise |
Origin of dramatize
From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma) + English -ize.
Words formed from dramatize
Questions about dramatize
- What does dramatize mean?
- Dramatize means to adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
- What is dramatize in Malayalam?
- Dramatize in Malayalam is നാടകമാക്കുക, നാടകം രചിക്കുക, നാടകമായി രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുത്തുക. See Dramatize meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is dramatize?
- Dramatize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce dramatize?
- Dramatize is pronounced /ˈd̠͡ɹ̠ɑmətaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of dramatize?
- The past tense of dramatize is dramatized.
Words near dramatize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatize (page history and authors); dramatize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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