dramatize

dram·a·tize  (drm-tz, dräm-)

v. dram·a·tized, dram·a·tiz·ing, dram·a·tiz·es

v.tr.

1. To adapt (a literary work) for dramatic presentation, as in a theater or on television or radio.

2. To present or view in a dramatic or melodramatic way.

v.intr.

1. To be adaptable to dramatic form.

2. To indulge in self-dramatization.

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dramatize or -tise

Verb

[-tizing, -tized] or -tising, -tised

1. to rewrite (a book or story) in a form suitable for performing on stage

2. to express (something) in a dramatic or exaggerated way: he dramatizes his illness

dramatization
-tisation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dramatize - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" dramatise, adopt authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
	2.	dramatize - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" dramatise represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" overdramatise, overdramatize - present in an overly dramatic manner; "She is overdramatizing her child's failure in the physics class"
	3.	dramatize - add details to aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, blow up glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

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dramatize or dramatise

verb exaggerate, overdo, overstate, lay it on (thick) (slang) play-act, play to the gallery, make a performance of

Translations

dramatize [ˈdræmətaɪz] vt [+ events etc] → dramatizar (= adapt) [+ novel] (for TV, cinema) → adaptar

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dramatize [ˈdræmətaɪz] vt [+ events etc] → dramatiser (= adapt); adapter pour la télévision (or pour l'écran)

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dramatize [ˈdræmətaɪz] drama vt → dramatisieren;

(for TV/cinema) → für das Fernsehen/den Film bearbeiten

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dramatize [ˈdræmətaɪz] vt [+ events etc] → drammatizzare (= adapt) [+ novel] (for TV) → ridurre or adattare per la televisione: (for cinema) → ridurre or adattare per lo schermo