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overdramatizing

overdramatizing is the present participle and gerund of overdramatize.

Meaning of overdramatize

Verb

overdramatize (third-person singular simple present overdramatizes, present participle overdramatizing, simple past and past participle overdramatized)

  1. To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
    • Kids this age tend to overdramatize their problems anyway.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport

Questions about overdramatizing

What is overdramatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overdramatizing is the present participle and gerund of overdramatize.

Words near overdramatizing in the dictionary

  1. overdramatization
  2. overdramatizations
  3. overdramatize
  4. overdramatized
  5. overdramatizes
  6. overdramatizing
  7. overdrank
  8. overdrape
  9. overdraped
  10. overdraperies
  11. overdrapery

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