Melodramatic

Word MELODRAMATIC
Character 12
Hyphenation mel o dra mat ic
Pronunciations /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Melodramatic"

What do we mean by melodramatic?

Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama. adjective

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic. adjective

Characterized by false pathos and sentiment. adjective

Pertaining to, suitable for, or having the character of melodrama.

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. adjective

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. adjective

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental. adjective

Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama adjective

Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected adjective

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Melodramatic

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The word "melodramatic" in example sentences

The teacher whose cell number you somehow got hold of so you could call her on weekends to discuss your grievances against other students and their parents in melodramatic fashion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The president has made a tic of hammering in melodramatic movie tropes: good vs. evil, you're with us or you're with the terrorists, "wanted dead or alive," "bring 'em on," "mission accomplished." ❋ Unknown (2005)

The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots. ❋ P. J. O'Rourke (2001)

On what can you possibly base that scenario, which you yourself call melodramatic? " ❋ Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992- (1984)

If we don't include him in events or if we broach the topic of his social behavior, he treats it as a disaster and gets very melodramatic -- in other words, he pulls out all the stops on us! ❋ Unknown (2010)

A story of exciting action certainly; it has elements that would ordinarily be called melodramatic -- events which are focussed down into realities against the tremendous background of an incredible war. ❋ Grant Martin Overton (1908)

What one may call the melodramatic Irish story, in which Lever was so brilliantly successful, has its first famous example in _The Collegians_ of Gerald Griffin. ❋ Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1907)

Miss Havisham and her protegee, Estella, whom she educates to be the scourge of men, belong to what may be called the melodramatic side of Dickens 'art. ❋ Marzials, Frank (1887)

Glaucus and Nydia at Pompeii would be called melodramatic rant. ❋ Frederic Harrison (1877)

Havisham and her _protégée_, Estella, whom she educates to be the scourge of men, belong to what may be called the melodramatic side of ❋ Unknown (1876)

At times, Saldaña is grandiose, overearnest — "melodramatic," one reviewer said — the inevitable consequence of youth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The real point of the story is in its final paragraphs, where Prendick suffers from the same kind of melodramatic and suffocating horror we recognize from H.P. Lovecraft. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I just had this sudden vision of the kind of melodramatic drivel I would have blogged about if I had had access to blogging when I was young. ❋ Arhyalon (2010)

It is a constant source of emotional conflict that manages to never descend into the kind of melodramatic angst that plagues so much young adult fiction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ann here: This is kind of melodramatic, don't you think? ❋ Unknown (2009)

"It’s just that, both on those occasions when Joe has quit, or as with the founding of LTUWR, it seemed kind of melodramatic and overreactive" ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's just that, both on those occasions when Joe has quit, or as with the founding of LTUWR, it seemed kind of melodramatic and overreactive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Thanks especially for pointing to Adams's awareness of the prophetic temptation to take a "melodramatic" view of history. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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