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OVERDRAMATISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overdramatise mean?
• OVERDRAMATISE (verb)
The verb OVERDRAMATISE has 1 sense:
1. present in an overly dramatic manner
Familiarity information: OVERDRAMATISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they overdramatise
... he / she / it overdramatises

Past simple: overdramatised

Past participle: overdramatised

-ing form: overdramatising





Past simple: overdramatised


Past participle: overdramatised


-ing form: overdramatising


Sense 1
Meaning:
Present in an overly dramatic manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
overdramatise; overdramatize
Context example:
She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class
Hypernyms (to "overdramatise" is one way to...):
dramatise; dramatize (represent something in a dramatic manner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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