- melodramatize
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transitive verb
Date: 1820
1. to make melodramatic <melodramatize a situation> 2. to make a melodrama of (as a novel) • melodramatization noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
melodramatize
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melodramatize — /mel euh dram euh tuyz , drah meuh /, v.t., melodramatized, melodramatizing. 1. to make melodramatic. 2. to turn (a novel, story, etc.) into a melodrama. Also, esp. Brit., melodramatise. [1810 20; MELODRAMA + (DRAMA)TIZE] * * * … Universalium
melodramatize — verb To make melodramatic … Wiktionary
melodramatize — melo·dramatize … English syllables
melodramatize — “+ transitive verb Etymology: melodrama + tize (as in dramatize) 1. : to make melodramatic melodramatizing a situation 2. : to make a melodrama of (as a novel) … Useful english dictionary
melodramatise — British variant of melodramatize … New Collegiate Dictionary
melodramatization — noun see melodramatize … New Collegiate Dictionary
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