"melodramatize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Blend of melodrama + dramatize",
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      "form": "melodramatizes",
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      "form": "melodramatized",
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          "ref": "2007 January 14, James Traub, “Does Abe Foxman Have an Anti-Anti-Semite Problem?”, in New York Times",
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        "To make melodramatic."
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        "(transitive) To make melodramatic."
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        {
          "word": "chew the scenery"
        },
        {
          "word": "ham"
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        {
          "word": "ham it up"
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        {
          "word": "overact"
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          "word": "tear a cat"
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  "word": "melodramatize"
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of melodrama + dramatize",
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      "form": "melodramatized",
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        "To make melodramatic."
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        "(transitive) To make melodramatic."
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  "synonyms": [
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    },
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      "word": "ham"
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  "word": "melodramatize"
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