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Synonyms for hammy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ham-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm i |
Top 10 synonyms for hammy Other synonyms for the word hammy
- a bit thick
- affected
- amateur
- amplified
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- blood-and-thunder
- bouncing
- caricatural
- ceremonious
- chichi
- cliff-hanging
- cloak-and-dagger
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- dramaturgic
- embroidered
- exaggerated
- exalted
- fabulous
- faked
- false
- fantastic
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- highly colored
- histrionic
- hokey
- hollow
- imitated
- impossible
- insincere
- legitimate
- magnified
- mannered
- melodramatic
- meretricious
- operatic
- ostentatious
- out of proportion
- overblown
- overdone
- overdramatic
- overemotional
- overestimated
- overkill
- overwrought
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- preposterous
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- sensational
- shallow
- sham
- show
- showy
- simulated
- spectacular
- spurious
- staged
- stagy
- steep
- stiff
- stilted
- strained
- studied
- stylized
- superficial
- tall
- theatric
- theatrical
- thespian
- too much
- too-too
- tragic
- unnatural
- unreal
- unrealistic
- vaudeville
Définition of hammy
- As in melodramatic : adj extravagant in speech, behavior
- As in theatrical : adj dramatic
- As in la-di-da : adj affected
- As in affected : adj changed in a bad or artificial way
- As in exaggerated : adj overstated, embellished
- Hamilton is really quite a wonderful cook; aren't you, Hammy, dear?
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- "It's real milk, Hammy, not condensed," the soft voice pleaded.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- Go to the front, Hammy,” said the accountant, “and take the first shot this time.
- Extract from : « The Young Fur Traders » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The Hammy boy is particularly anxious to have his love sent to "Misr Creedy."
- Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
- The buyers much dislike any foreign smell, any mouldy, hammy, or cheesy odour.
- Extract from : « Cocoa and Chocolate » by Arthur W. Knapp
- Hammy, in manly fashion, offered a hand—the left—the right arm being occupied with the box of toys.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- Live men and big guns, just now, Hammy; and chances and issues, and results and risks.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- For an officer and a gentleman must go on living and fighting while he has anything left to fight for, Hammy.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- Hammy sniffed dolorously, and two large tears splashed down.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- Then Hammy's tummy is a mutinous soldier, and must be taught to obey the Word of Command.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
Antonyms for hammy
- actual
- believable
- calm
- comedic
- depreciated
- factual
- genuine
- minimized
- moderate
- natural
- normal
- OK
- played down
- real
- realistic
- reasonable
- reduced
- sensible
- sincere
- straight
- true
- unchanged
- understated
- undramatic
- unembellished
- unexaggerated
- unhurt
- unimpaired
- uninjured
- unmoved
- unperturbed
- unswayed
- untheatrical
- untroubled
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