overdramatize

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overdramatize

(ˌəʊvəˈdræmətaɪz) or

overdramatise

vb (tr)
to make too dramatic
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overdramatize


Past participle: overdramatized
Gerund: overdramatizing

Imperative
overdramatize
overdramatize
Present
I overdramatize
you overdramatize
he/she/it overdramatizes
we overdramatize
you overdramatize
they overdramatize
Preterite
I overdramatized
you overdramatized
he/she/it overdramatized
we overdramatized
you overdramatized
they overdramatized
Present Continuous
I am overdramatizing
you are overdramatizing
he/she/it is overdramatizing
we are overdramatizing
you are overdramatizing
they are overdramatizing
Present Perfect
I have overdramatized
you have overdramatized
he/she/it has overdramatized
we have overdramatized
you have overdramatized
they have overdramatized
Past Continuous
I was overdramatizing
you were overdramatizing
he/she/it was overdramatizing
we were overdramatizing
you were overdramatizing
they were overdramatizing
Past Perfect
I had overdramatized
you had overdramatized
he/she/it had overdramatized
we had overdramatized
you had overdramatized
they had overdramatized
Future
I will overdramatize
you will overdramatize
he/she/it will overdramatize
we will overdramatize
you will overdramatize
they will overdramatize
Future Perfect
I will have overdramatized
you will have overdramatized
he/she/it will have overdramatized
we will have overdramatized
you will have overdramatized
they will have overdramatized
Future Continuous
I will be overdramatizing
you will be overdramatizing
he/she/it will be overdramatizing
we will be overdramatizing
you will be overdramatizing
they will be overdramatizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been overdramatizing
you have been overdramatizing
he/she/it has been overdramatizing
we have been overdramatizing
you have been overdramatizing
they have been overdramatizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been overdramatizing
you will have been overdramatizing
he/she/it will have been overdramatizing
we will have been overdramatizing
you will have been overdramatizing
they will have been overdramatizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been overdramatizing
you had been overdramatizing
he/she/it had been overdramatizing
we had been overdramatizing
you had been overdramatizing
they had been overdramatizing
Conditional
I would overdramatize
you would overdramatize
he/she/it would overdramatize
we would overdramatize
you would overdramatize
they would overdramatize
Past Conditional
I would have overdramatized
you would have overdramatized
he/she/it would have overdramatized
we would have overdramatized
you would have overdramatized
they would have overdramatized
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.overdramatize - present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class"
dramatise, dramatize - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
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Many countries' fans shared dozens of sceptical videos on their socials ridiculing and deriding the Brazilian superstar Neymar for his overdramatised diving every time an opponent went near him.
Making heavy use of Emma Marris's Rambunctious Garden (2013), it is puzzling that Lorimer assumes his readers altogether unfamiliar with this matrix ecology approach to wildness (and its ecogovernmentality critique) in his overdramatised windup, before pitching us his rather tame version of this practice.
Victoria says the star'sportrayal has been inspirational and realistic, if somewhat overdramatised for entertainment.