MELODRAMATIZE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

melodramatize

verb

Definition of melodramatize

as in to put on

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Toward the end of a long, fruitless pitch meeting with a gaggle of writer-animators, Nickelodeon executive Mary Harrington put on Bartlett’s show reel.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The Empress is putting on her royal dress for the final time.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of put on

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And yet the United States and its allies’ current defense architecture overemphasizes exquisite capabilities while their adversaries, namely China and Russia, possess vast industrial capacity to scale military production.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Cole did worry that curators might overemphasize the diagnosis, that King would no longer be an artist but an autistic artist, and therefore a symbol of something—resilience, perhaps, or liberation through creativity.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of overemphasize

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As the series continues, however, Kazan plays up the explanatory power of an incident from Cathy’s childhood.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Product marketing plays up the same idea, pitching double-bowl designs such as the 33-inch Ruvati workstation for multitaskers who want one spot for washing veggies and drying dishes.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of play up

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The South Korean military, which often accuses North Korea of exaggerating its military capabilities, did not immediately comment on Kim's claims.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
In a letter to Congress, the former employees say this betrays that the infrastructure problems are being exaggerated.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggerate

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Cory Harris, a lobbyist for state-legal cannabis operators, suggested that dire predictions about its effect on the intoxicating hemp industry are overstated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Translating the team’s shooting numbers into a claim about Reese personally shutting down opponents overstates what those numbers establish.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of overstate

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