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melodramatize
mel·o·dra·ma·tize [ mèllə drmə tz, mèllə drámmə tz ] (past and past participle mel·o·dra·ma·tized, present participle mel·o·dra·ma·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singular mel·o·dra·ma·tizes)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
treat something in melodramatic way: to treat or react to something in an exaggeratedly theatrical way
[Early 19th century. <melodrama, after dramatize]

mel·o·dra·ma·ti·za·tion [ mèllə drməti záysh'n, mèllə dràmməti záysh'n ] noun
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