Synonyms for melodramatize

Most common

ham · ham it up · chew the scenery · overact

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Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make melodramatic.

Related words

Other spellings

melodramatise UK

Forms

Past participle

melodramatized
e.g. melodramatized → hammed, overacted…

Example sentences

• ham I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.

By length

3 letters

ham¹

7 letters

overact³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overact³ = 3 syllables).