1. to adapt a story or event for performance as a play, movie, or television show
Usage: British spelling
2. to present or describe something in an exaggerated or overly emotional way
Usage: British spelling

Examples

• The BBC will dramatise the novel for television next year.
• She tends to dramatise every minor problem at work.
• The director plans to dramatise the historical events for the stage.
• Don’t dramatise the situation – it’s not that serious.
• They dramatised the biography into a successful film.
• He has a tendency to dramatise his childhood experiences.
• The network dramatised the true crime story for prime time.