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Synonyms for melodramatic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mel-uh-druh-mat-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛl ə drəˈmæt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for melodramatic
Définition of melodramatic
Origin :- 1776; from foreign source of melodrama on model of dramatic. Related: Melodramatically.
- adj extravagant in speech, behavior
- 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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