Definition of Overdramatizing

1. Verb. (present participle of overdramatize) ¹

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Definition of Overdramatizing

1. overdramatize [v] - See also: overdramatize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdramatizing

overdraft credit
overdrafts
overdramatic
overdramatically
overdramatisation
overdramatisations
overdramatise
overdramatised
overdramatises
overdramatising
overdramatization
overdramatizations
overdramatize
overdramatized
overdramatizes
overdramatizing (current term)
overdrank
overdraught
overdraw
overdrawing
overdrawn
overdraws
overdreep
overdress
overdressed
overdresses
overdressing
overdrew
overdribble
overdribbled

Literary usage of Overdramatizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"61 Drummond was not above overdramatizing (Hoare once had to remind him, "We must clearly be careful of our language")64 and Chambrun spared no paint in ..."

2. The World and Yugoslavia's Wars by Richard Henry Ullman (1996)
"... consult within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was declined, with the French accusing the United States of "overdramatizing" the problem. ..."

3. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"The superpower thesis had some appeal especially in the academic ommunity. But it soon turned out to be overstating or overdramatizing ctual developments. ..."

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