WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dramatise v 1: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn: dramatize, dramatise, adopt] 2: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" [syn: dramatize, dramatise] 3: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]