emotionalize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=mo=tion=al=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

emotionalize, v. t. 

 To give an emotional character to.  [1913 Webster]
"Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

emotionalize

act, act as foil, appear, barnstorm, be theatrical, come out, emote, get top billing, gush, ham it up, make a scene, mime, pantomime, patter, perform, play, play the lead, playact, register, sentimentalize, sketch, slobber over, slop over, star, steal the show, stooge, theatricalize, tread the boards, troupe, upstage