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melodramatizing

melodramatizing is the present participle and gerund of melodramatize.

Meaning of melodramatize

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

Questions about melodramatizing

What is melodramatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Melodramatizing is the present participle and gerund of melodramatize.

Words near melodramatizing in the dictionary

  1. melodramatization
  2. melodramatizations
  3. melodramatize
  4. melodramatized
  5. melodramatizes
  6. melodramatizing
  7. melodramaturge
  8. melodramaturges
  9. melodramaturgy
  10. melodrame
  11. melodrames

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