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as in theatric
given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting
our office drama queen yet again made the melodramatic declaration that he couldn't take it anymore and was quitting
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as in theatrical
having the general quality or effect of a stage performance
he gave his usual melodramatic speech that he had learned his lesson and thereafter would always pay his bills on time
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Recent Examples of melodramatic
Valentin at first doesn’t care but quickly becomes enraptured by the melodramatic story of a magazine fashion editor (Lopez), her assistant (Tonatiuh), a photographer love interest (Luna) and the mysterious Spider Woman (also Lopez).
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Too melodramatic or too dream-like.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio would rinse and repeat this movie’s grandly melodramatic approach a year later for a little film about two crazy kids on an ocean liner.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
There’s an awkward mix of comic highjinks and violence, melodramatic moments, dead spots and repetition.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for melodramatic
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Too melodramatic or too dream-like.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio would rinse and repeat this movie’s grandly melodramatic approach a year later for a little film about two crazy kids on an ocean liner.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
There’s an awkward mix of comic highjinks and violence, melodramatic moments, dead spots and repetition.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodramatic
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The Final Finale is the result of a joint effort between Bleecker Street, the distributor of The End Continues and a recent This Is Spinal Tap theatrical re-release, and Vertigo Live, which has produced concert films for acts like Duran Duran and Billy Idol.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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His 2024 mixtape Underworld imagines what that would be like by morphing the sinister choir-drill popularized by guys like Ot7Quanny and Hood Tali P into full-on theatrical horrorcore.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
23 Oct. 2025
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No team in the Championship has lost more than the nine points Wrexham have dropped from a winning position this term, a damaging trait that began on the opening day at Southampton when two stoppage-time goals turned a 1-0 win into a dramatic loss.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Watch the actor and his wife, Camila, perform a dramatic reading of the police report to celebrate the anniversary of his run-in with the law.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Oscar Isaac makes for an operatic Victor Frankenstein, the egotistical scientist determined to play god, while Jacob Elordi portrays his creation as a pained soul struggling to be loved.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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That desire apparently only lasts until the first opportunity to show Charlie Hunnam masturbating in frilly lingerie; from there, operatic monstrosity ensues.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Melodramatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatic. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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