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Synonyms for melodramatic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mel-uh-druh-mat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛl ə drəˈmæt ɪk

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Définition of melodramatic

Origin :
  • 1776; from foreign source of melodrama on model of dramatic. Related: Melodramatically.
  • adj extravagant in speech, behavior
Example sentences :
  • She was not in the least melodramatic, and what was stranger, perhaps, she was not ashamed.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • It is too melodramatic, too moralistic perhaps to suit our modern taste.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
  • Her sorrowful Satan grows first melodramatic and then absurd.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • The Admiral stood wrapped in his cloak, melodramatic as usual.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • It was a melodramatic departure, and as such has ever been impressed on my memory.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • The Mexican was a perfect model for a painting of a melodramatic villain.
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • The melodramatic romance of the West is mostly in storybooks.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • But suppose the worst in all this, the most lurid or melodramatic solution you like.
  • Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • She loved the melodramatic, and was never so happy, said Blake, as when bathed in tears.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • And with this melodramatic conclusion Mira had really frightened him.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King

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