dramatize

dramatize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
2. verb. add details to

   Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad

3. verb. represent something in a dramatic manner

   "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"

   Synonyms: dramatise

4. verb. put into dramatic form

   "adopt a book for a screenplay"

   Synonyms: adopt, dramatise

Synonyms

aggrandise, aggrandize, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad, adopt

Common word forms

dramatized, dramatizer, dramatizes, dramatizing

Words from these letters

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