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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overdramatize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dramatize English overdramatize From over- + dramatize.

Meanings

  1. To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.
    • Kids this age tend to overdramatize their problems anyway. 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overdramatizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overdramatise alternative lexicographic
overdramatizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdramatized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overdramatized Tense=Past lexicographic