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melodramatic

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mel·o·dra·mat·ic  (ml-dr-mtk)
adj.
1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: "a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters" (Frank O. Gatell).
2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic: "Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery" (Erskine Childers).
3. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.

melo·dra·mati·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.melodramatic - having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"
dramatic - suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea"
2.melodramatic - characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
theatrical - suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"

melodramatic
adjective theatrical, actorly, extravagant, histrionic, sensational, hammy (informal) actressy, stagy, overemotional, overdramatic
Translations
melodramatic [mɛləudrəˈmætɪk] adjmelodramático
melodramatic [mɛlədrəˈmætɪk] adjmélodramatique
melodramatic [mɛlədrəˈmætɪk] melodrama adjmelodramatisch
melodramatic [mɛlədrəˈmætɪk] adjmelodrammatico/a


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As I once more shouldered my pack and went my way, the character of the country side began to change, and, from a semi- pastoral heathiness and furziness, took on a wildness of aspect, which if indeed melodramatic was melodrama carried to the point of genius.
If it was even mentioned in her hearing, she shuddered and referred to it, with melodramatic fervour, as 'my husband's blood-money
There must have been a touch of the melodramatic in my pose and voice, for Maud smiled.
 
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