dramatising
Exaggerating for effect
Dramatising is the British spelling of dramatizing—adapting something for theatrical performance, or presenting events in an exaggerated, emotionally heightened way.
The first sense is neutral: The BBC is dramatising the novel for television.
The second often carries criticism: Stop dramatising everything; it's not that serious.
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actorsThose playing roles
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
rehearsal · audience · director · costumes · monologue · scenery · props · playwright
Represent as greater
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- inflateFill with gas
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- hyperbolizeTo exaggerate extravagantly
overemphasize · overplay · distort · magnify · sensationalize · overreact · histrionics · theatrics
Pity-evoking quality
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- heartrendingCausing overwhelming grief
anguish · passion · fervor · despair · grief · sentimentality · intensity · catharsis
Fitting to new conditions
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
conflict · tension · arc · protagonist · antagonist · turning point · resolution · subplot
stage
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- actorsThose playing roles
- scriptWritten words for performance
dialogue · rehearsal · audience · director · costumes · monologue · scenery · props · playwright · curtain
overstate
Represent as greater
hyperbolize · overemphasize · overplay · distort · magnify · sensationalize · overreact · histrionics · theatrics · embroidering
pathos
Pity-evoking quality
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- evocativeTending to summon memories
heartrending · anguish · passion · fervor · despair · grief · sentimentality · intensity · catharsis · gravitas
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
climax · conflict · tension · arc · protagonist · antagonist · turning point · resolution · subplot · exposition
dramatisingdownplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
understating · minimising · playing down · de-emphasising · underplaying
dramatisingdownplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
deflecting · burying · suppressing · hiding · concealing
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