Usually means: Exaggerate emotions to evoke sympathy.
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To make melodramatic.

Similar:
melodramatise, dramatize, redramatize, melodize, melodise, tragedize, musicalise, dramatise, docudramatize, theatricize, more...

Opposite:
understate, downplay, minimize

Types:
overreact, dramatize, exaggerate, more...

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Similar:
melodramatise, dramatize, redramatize, melodize, melodise, tragedize, musicalise, dramatise, docudramatize, theatricize, more...

Opposite:
understate, downplay, minimize

Types:
overreact, dramatize, exaggerate, more...



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