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melodramatize

melodramatize verb: to make melodramatic.

Verb

melodramatize (third-person singular simple present melodramatizes, present participle melodramatizing, simple past and past participle melodramatized)

  1. (transitive) To make melodramatic.
    • It’s tempting to compare Abe Foxman with Al Sharpton, another portly, bellicose, melodramatizing defender of ethnic ramparts.2007 January 14, James Traub, “Does Abe Foxman Have an Anti-Anti-Semite Problem?”, in New York Times

Synonyms of melodramatize

All synonyms of melodramatize

Forms of melodramatize

third-person singular presentmelodramatizes
present participlemelodramatizing
past participlemelodramatized
pastmelodramatized

Origin of melodramatize

Blend of melodrama + dramatize.

Questions about melodramatize

What does melodramatize mean?
Melodramatize means to make melodramatic.
What part of speech is melodramatize?
Melodramatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of melodramatize?
The past tense of melodramatize is melodramatized.

Words near melodramatize in the dictionary

  1. melodramatisms
  2. melodramatist
  3. melodramatists
  4. melodramatization
  5. melodramatizations
  6. melodramatize
  7. melodramatized
  8. melodramatizes
  9. melodramatizing
  10. melodramaturge
  11. melodramaturges

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