noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   dramatic speech or writing uncountable
2. 2
   The analysis of language as a mode of action, rather than as the conveying of information. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

dramaticshistrionicsmelodramaticssensationalismtheatricaltheatrics

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