dramatize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put into dramatic form
    adopt; dramatise.
    • adopt a book for a screenplay
  2. verb represent something in a dramatic manner
    dramatise.
    • These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth
  3. verb add details to
    dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.

WordNet

Dram"a*tize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. dramatiser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dramatized ; present participle & verbal noun Dramatizing
Definitions
  1. To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
    They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

Webster 1913