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underdramatise

underdramatise is the alternative form of underdramatize.

Meaning of underdramatize

Verb

underdramatize (third-person singular simple present underdramatizes, present participle underdramatizing, simple past and past participle underdramatized)

  1. (transitive) To fail to dramatize adequately; to make underdramatic.

Forms of underdramatise

third-person singular presentunderdramatises
present participleunderdramatising
past participleunderdramatised
pastunderdramatised

Origin of underdramatise

From under- + dramatise.

Questions about underdramatise

What is underdramatise the alternative form of?
Underdramatise is the alternative form of underdramatize.

Words near underdramatise in the dictionary

  1. underdrainer
  2. underdrainers
  3. underdraining
  4. underdrains
  5. underdramatic
  6. underdramatise
  7. underdramatised
  8. underdramatises
  9. underdramatising
  10. underdramatize
  11. underdramatized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underdramatise (page history and authors); underdramatize (page history and authors). 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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