Definition

1. Verb:
   • To dramatize: To adapt a story, event, or situation into the form of a drama or play. It involves presenting material with dramatic structure, dialogue, and performance.
   • To exaggerate for effect: To present or portray something in an overly dramatic, sensational, or theatrical manner, often emphasizing emotional or conflictual elements beyond the factual reality.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà văn quyết định kịch hoá cuốn tiểu thuyết lịch sử đó cho sân khấu. (The writer decided to dramatize that historical novel for the stage.)
  • Đừng kịch hoá vấn đề; nó không nghiêm trọng đến thế đâu. (Don't dramatize the problem; it's not that serious.)
  • Báo chí đôi khi kịch hoá các sự kiện để thu hút độc giả. (The press sometimes dramatizes events to attract readers.)

Advanced Usage

• Dramatization (n): The act or process of dramatizing something. This related noun form is used to describe the resulting product or the technique itself.
  • Bộ phim là một sự kịch hoá đầy cảm xúc về cuộc đời bà. (The film is an emotional dramatization of her life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kịch tính hoá: A close variant meaning "to make something more dramatic or theatrical."
  • Đạo diễn đã kịch tính hoá cảnh đối đầu trong phim. (The director made the confrontation scene in the film more dramatic.)

Synonyms

• Dramatize: To adapt into or present as a drama.
• Exaggerate: To represent something as greater than it is.
• Theatricalize: To give a dramatic or theatrical character to.
• Sensationalize: To present information in a way that provokes public interest and excitement, at the expense of accuracy.

Related Idioms

• Làm to chuyện: (To make a big deal out of something) – This idiom shares the connotation of exaggerating the importance or drama of a situation, similar to one sense of "kịch hoá."
  • Anh ấy thích làm to chuyện từ những vấn đề nhỏ. (He likes to make a big deal out of small problems.)

1. Dramatize