"overdramatize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overdramatizes [present, singular, third-person], overdramatizing [participle, present], overdramatized [participle, past], overdramatized [past], overdramatise [alternative]
Etymology: From over- + dramatize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|dramatize}} over- + dramatize Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdramatize (third-person singular simple present overdramatizes, present participle overdramatizing, simple past and past participle overdramatized)
  1. To dramatize to excess; to make overdramatic.

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Alternative forms

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