Meanings
verboverdramatize (third-person singular simple present overdramatizes, present participle overdramatizing, simple past and past participle overdramatized)
present singular third person overdramatizes · participle present overdramatizing · participle past overdramatized · past overdramatized · alternative overdramatise
- To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
Kids this age tend to overdramatize their problems anyway.
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishdramatize
- Englishoverdramatize
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APA
overdramatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdramatize
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“overdramatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdramatize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdramatize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdramatize.
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