Melodramatic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: "a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters” ( Frank O. Gatell).
  • adj. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic: "Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery” ( Erskine Childers).
  • adj. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
  • adj. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, suitable for, or having the character of melodrama.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
  • adj. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
  • Equivalent
    dramatic    theatrical   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adriatic    Asiatic    Attic    Charismatic    Democratic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sensational    ludicrous    dramatic    theatrical    stilted