MELODRAMATIZE Meaning of MELODRAMATIZE in English [melo.dra.ma.tize] vt (1820) 1: to make melodramatic "~ a situation" 2: to make a melodrama of (as a novel) -- melo.dra.ma.ti.za.tion n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012