dramatize
dram‧a‧tize AC
(also dramatise British English) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ verb [transitive]1. to make a book or event into a play or film:
a novel dramatized for television
2. to make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is:
Why do you have to dramatize everything?
3. to make something more noticeable
SYN highlight:
This incident dramatized the difficulties involved in the project.
—dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
dram‧a‧tize AC
(also dramatise British English) /ˈdræmətaɪz/ verb [transitive]1. to make a book or event into a play or film: 2. to make a situation seem more exciting, terrible etc than it really is:
3. to make something more noticeable
SYN highlight:
—dramatization /ˌdræmətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -tə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]