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dramatize
Overview of verb dramatize
The verb dramatize has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) dramatize, dramatise, adopt -- (put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay")
2. (1) dramatize, dramatise -- (represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth")
3. (1) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise -- (add details to)
Antonyms of verb dramatize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dramatize
3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
=> write, compose, pen, indite
=> create verbally
=> make, create
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
=> represent
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dramatize
2 of 3 senses of dramatize
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
=> overdramatize, overdramatise
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> glorify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dramatize
3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
=> write, compose, pen, indite
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
=> represent
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
'Cause To' of verb dramatize
Derived Forms of verb dramatize
3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
RELATED TO>(noun) dramatist#1
=> dramatist, playwright
RELATED TO>(noun) dramatization#1
=> dramatization, dramatisation
RELATED TO>(noun) dramatization#2
=> dramatization, dramatisation
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#1
=> play, drama, dramatic play
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#3
=> drama
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
RELATED TO>(noun) dramatization#2
=> dramatization, dramatisation
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#2
=> drama, dramatic event
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#1
=> play, drama, dramatic play
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#3
=> drama
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#4
=> drama
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
RELATED TO>(noun) drama#2
=> drama, dramatic event
Domain of verb dramatize
1 of 3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
TOPIC>(noun) writing#1, authorship#1, composition#6, penning#1
Domain Terms of verb dramatize
Familiarity of verb dramatize
dramatize used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb dramatize
3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
EX: Did he dramatize his major works over a short period of time?
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
EX: They won't dramatize the story
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dramatize
3 senses of dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
> write, compose, pen, indite
=> draw
=> lyric
=> write on, write of, write about
=> profile
=> paragraph
=> paragraph
=> write off
=> dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off
=> rewrite
=> write copy
=> dramatize, dramatise, adopt
=> draft, outline
=> verse, versify, poetize, poetise
=> author
=> annotate, footnote
=> reference, cite
=> write out, write up
=> script
Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
> represent
=> misrepresent, belie
=> dramatize, dramatise
=> portray
=> embody
Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dramatize
Sense 1
dramatize, dramatise, adopt
=> write, compose, pen, indite
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Sense 2
dramatize, dramatise
=> represent
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Sense 3
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
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Grep of verb dramatize
dramatize
overdramatize
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