MELODRAMATIZE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

melodramatize

verb

Definition of melodramatize

as in to put on

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It’s long ceased to be a neighborhood that puts on airs, an attitude that liberates us all tonight.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
This museum inside a Renaissance palazzo in the heart of Florence has been putting on one blockbuster exhibition after another.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of put on

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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
Get and Accept Support The benefits of support from not only your medical team but also loved ones during your cancer journey cannot be overemphasized.

— Joy Emeh, HEALTH, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of overemphasize

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Thus the 2026-27 season is not about the Rangers playing up to their ceiling.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Of course, Graham’s job is to muddy the waters — to play up the socioeconomic biases of his screen persona so that viewers are willing to at least entertain the idea that Miguel has valid reason to be so afraid of everything.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of play up

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The defense maintained that those accounts were exaggerated or fabricated for money and notoriety, pointing to the absence of physical evidence independently placing Davis in the Cadillac that night.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2026
But Oxley, writing in a commentary, cautioned that there are logistical hurdles and said the value of Venezuela’s reserves may have been exaggerated under former President Hugo Chavez.

— Collin Binkley, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of exaggerate

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Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the justice assigned to handle emergency petitions from Missouri, denied the emergency application, declining to elaborate on his decision.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
Nanda declined to elaborate on the terms of the US-Saudi deal.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of elaborate

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