What is another word for dramatizes?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈamɐtˌa͡ɪzɪz] (IPA)

Dramatizes is a verb that means to portray or present in a dramatic manner. Some synonyms for this word include magnifies, sensationalizes, exaggerates, amplifies, overstates, embellishes, and sensationalizes. These words imply the same idea of presenting a situation in an overly dramatic way. Amplifies suggests increasing the significance, while overstates connotes exaggerating beyond reasonable level. Embellishes entails sprinkling details that may not accurately represent the facts, while sensationalizes connotes presenting with an aim of gaining attention. Magnifies can imply making mountains out of molehills, and it highlights standing above the original proportion or truth. Regardless of the synonym, all suggest depicting a situation in a dramatic tone.

What are the hypernyms for Dramatizes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Dramatizes

Afghanistan dramatizes the vastly increased military power of the Soviet Union.
"State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter"
Jimmy Carter
"The Victim of His Vision," by Gerald Chittenden, dramatizes the missionary's reverse, unusual in fiction, and presents a convincing demonstration of the powers of voodoo.
"O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921"
Various
And so she dramatizes and inflects it, trying to make the point visible to her apparent also to her hearers.
"Balcony Stories"
Grace E. King

Famous quotes with Dramatizes

  • The recent flourishing of New Classical economics, and especially its Equilibrium Business Cycle Theory (EBCT), has given a fresh hearing to the Old—but still developing—Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT).  While the New and the Old differ radically in both substance and methods, they exhibit a certain formal congruency that has captured the attention of both schools.  The formal similarities between EBCT and ABCT invites a point-by-point comparison, but the comparison itself dramatizes differences between the two views in a way that adds to the integrity and plausibility of the Austrian theory.
    Roger Garrison
  • Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The , therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether.
    J. M. Coetzee

Semantically related words: dramatize, dramatized, dramatizes, drama, dramatizable

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