Histrionic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to actors or acting.
  • adj. Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or relating to actors or acting
  • adj. Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical.
  • adj. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to actors or acting; befitting the stage; theatrical; hence, feigned for effect; unreal.
  • n. A dramatic performer; a stage-player.
  • n. plural The art of theatrical representation; dramatic manner or expression: as, the histrionics of a stump-speaker.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
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