Synonyms for dramatize
Definitions
- v. 1
To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dramatise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- dramatized
e.g. dramatized → embellished, aggrandized, embroidered, padded…
Example sentences
- pad The doctor forgot his prescription pad in his car.
- lard As a teenager, Tom used to eat bread and lard.
- embellish You're just seeking to embellish all this!
- represent How much does industry represent in Algeria's GDP?
- adopt If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dramatize | falling | |
| pad | rising | |
| lard | falling | |
| embellish | rising | |
| aggrandize | steady | |
| represent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pad1
- 4 letters
- lard1
- 5 letters
- adopt2
- 9 letters
- represent3, embellish3, embroider3
- 10 letters
- aggrandize3, aggrandise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adopt2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dramatiser
- Italiano
- drammatizzare
- Deutsch
- dramatisieren