overdramatize

English

Alternative forms

• overdramatise

Etymology

From over- +‎ dramatize.

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.
   • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:

     Kids this age tend to overdramatize their problems anyway.