melodramatize

[mel-uh-dram-uh-tahyz, -drah-muh-] / ˌmɛl əˈdræm əˌtaɪz, -ˈdrɑ mə- /

VERB

dramatize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amplify exaggerate overstate

STRONG

act burlesque enact execute overdo perform playact present produce show splash stage

WEAK

farcialize give color to ham it up lay it on make a production of play on heartstrings play to gallery play up tragedize

Antonyms

STRONGEST

reduce

STRONG

abandon fail halt ignore neglect prevent refrain refuse stop veto

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Author Ford melodramatizes the tiny, lame, yellow-skinned Portuguese explorer as a cold-blooded sadist whose only real genius lay in the grandiose scope of his malevolence.

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