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melodramatize

mel·o·dram·a·tize
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mel-uh-dram-uh-tahyz, -drah-muh-]
    • /ˌmɛl əˈdræm əˌtaɪz, -ˈdrɑ mə-/
    • /mˈelədrˌamətˌaɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mel-uh-dram-uh-tahyz, -drah-muh-]
    • /ˌmɛl əˈdræm əˌtaɪz, -ˈdrɑ mə-/

Definitions of melodramatize word

  • verb with object melodramatize to make melodramatic. 1
  • verb with object melodramatize to turn (a novel, story, etc.) into a melodrama. 1
  • noun melodramatize (transitive) To make melodramatic. 1
  • verb melodramatize to make melodramatic 0
See all 4 definitions of melodramatize

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Origin of melodramatize

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; melodrama + (drama)tize

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Parts of speech for Melodramatize

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Melodramatize

melodramatize popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for melodramatize

verb melodramatize

  • amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • overdo — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
  • show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
All 19 Synonyms of melodramatize

Antonyms for melodramatize

verb melodramatize

  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
All 11 Antonyms of melodramatize

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