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oversensationalize

oversensationalize verb: to sensationalize too much.

Verb

oversensationalize (third-person singular simple present oversensationalizes, present participle oversensationalizing, simple past and past participle oversensationalized)

  1. (transitive) To sensationalize too much.

Forms of oversensationalize

third-person singular presentoversensationalizes
present participleoversensationalizing
past participleoversensationalized
pastoversensationalized

Origin of oversensationalize

From over- + sensationalize.

Questions about oversensationalize

What does oversensationalize mean?
Oversensationalize means to sensationalize too much.
What part of speech is oversensationalize?
Oversensationalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversensationalize?
The past tense of oversensationalize is oversensationalized.

Words near oversensationalize in the dictionary

  1. oversend
  2. oversending
  3. oversends
  4. oversensational
  5. oversensationalism
  6. oversensationalize
  7. oversensationalized
  8. oversensationalizes
  9. oversensationalizing
  10. oversensationally
  11. oversense

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