Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Melodramatic theatrical performance.
- noun Exaggeratedly emotional behavior; histrionics.
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- noun Overemotional,
exaggerated behavior calculated for effect.
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Examples
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Sexwale and the minority parties '"melodramatics".
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In my estimation, the show went from rewarded the thinking fans – who used to be catered to with real intrigue and craftily puzzling storylines – to a show that just fed melodramatics and expected viewers to just “go with it”.
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The other, with its standard-brand melodramatics, is dominated by Ida Lupino's going-mad scene in a courtroom.
'Drive': A Rolls of an Action Film Noir Joe Morgenstern 2011
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But if you insist on the melodramatics, go to the Sam forum at supernatural. tv.com.
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First plays suggest production values that could have been higher, with corny dialogue and melodramatics plus dodgy bluescreen not that I'm in any position to talk.
New Beginnings Sci-Fi Gene 2009
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First plays suggest production values that could have been higher, with corny dialogue and melodramatics plus dodgy bluescreen not that I'm in any position to talk.
Archive 2009-01-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009
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Dvorak has a silent star's charisma, and an ability to say everything she needs to with her thin dark eyebrows and the flashing intensity of her stare; whenever she has to speak, however, her shrill melodramatics threaten to break glass for miles around, and her teary pushover routine quickly gets tiresome.
The Crowd Roars Ed Howard 2009
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This string of coincidences is typical of the movie as a whole as it struggles to establish a foothold of plausibility before the mandatory climactic melodramatics take hold.
Southern Fried Movie: <i>Lake City���s</i> Good, Not Totally Cooked 2008
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Morris is famous for his melodramatics, but his instincts may be right.
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But the film doesn't need false melodramatics to achieve its power.
Teen Spleen 2008
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