Melodramatize

Origin

melodramadramatize

Full definition of melodramatize

Verb

1. (transitive) To make melodramatic.
• 2007, January 14, James Traub, Does Abe Foxman Have an Anti-Anti-Semite Problem?, It’s tempting to compare Abe Foxman with Al Sharpton , another portly, bellicose, melodramatizing defender of ethnic ramparts.