overdramatising
Making mountains, molehills
Overdramatising is the British spelling of overdramatizing, meaning to exaggerate the emotional intensity or significance of something beyond what the situation warrants.
Someone who overdramatises treats minor setbacks as catastrophes or ordinary events as momentous occasions.
She's overdramatising again—it's just a small scratch.
The term often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the person's reaction is theatrical rather than genuine.
Exaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- soap-operaSerialized melodramatic television drama
sensational · hysterical · attention-seeking · campy · schmaltzy · tearjerker · maudlin · overwrought
Representing as greater than reality
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- inflatingCausing to expand
overplaying · overemphasizing · magnifying · escalating · catastrophizing · sensationalizing · overreacting · heightening
Inclined to cry
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- misty-eyedEyes moist with emotion
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
- sobbingConvulsive crying aloud
lamenting · moaning · sighing · hand-wringing · anguished · distraught · inconsolable · wallowing
histrionic
Exaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
soap-opera · sensational · hysterical · attention-seeking · campy · schmaltzy · tearjerker · maudlin · overwrought · florid
overstating
Representing as greater than reality
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
inflating · overplaying · overemphasizing · magnifying · escalating · catastrophizing · sensationalizing · overreacting · heightening · aggrandizing
weepy
Inclined to cry
- sentimentalExcessively emotional about memories
- misty-eyedEyes moist with emotion
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
sobbing · lamenting · moaning · sighing · hand-wringing · anguished · distraught · inconsolable · wallowing · brooding
overdramatisingunderstating
Representing as less significant
downplaying · minimising · playing down · underplaying · soft-pedalling
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