What does melodramatic mean in English? Meaning of melodramatic definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "melodramatic": having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
Adjective
Meaning: having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodramaExample: a melodramatic account of two perilous days at seaSynonyms: melodramaticSimilar: dramaticPronunciation in UK: /ˈmɛl.ə.dɹəˌmæt.ɪk/, /ˈmɛl.əʊ.dɹəˌmæt.ɪk/
Meaning of "melodramatic": characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
Adjective
Meaning: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affectedExample: histrionic gestures
an attitude of melodramatic despair
a theatrical poseSynonyms: histrionic
melodramaticSimilar: theatricalPronunciation in UK: /ˈmɛl.ə.dɹəˌmæt.ɪk/, /ˈmɛl.əʊ.dɹəˌmæt.ɪk/
Adjective: Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental. She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself. 1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy[1], London, New York, N.Y.: George Routledge & Co., OCLC 76167054, page 125: Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France.1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy[1], London, New York, N.Y.: George Routledge & Co., OCLC 76167054, page 125: Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France.Synonyms:
theatrical, artificial, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, histrionic, hokey, sensational, spectacular, blood-and-thunder, cliff-hanging, hammy, overdramatic, overemotional, stagy,
Antonyms:
calm, normal, untheatrical,
