Usually means: Exaggerate emotions to evoke sympathy.
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▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of melodramatize [(transitive) To make melodramatic.]

Similar:
melodramatize, melodise, dramatise, theatricalise, dramatize, theatricise, melodize, musicalize, emotionalise, sentimentalise, more...

Opposite:
understate, downplay, minimize

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melodramatize, melodise, dramatise, theatricalise, dramatize, theatricise, melodize, musicalize, emotionalise, sentimentalise, more...

Opposite:
understate, downplay, minimize



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