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Melodramatic

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
  2. 2
    Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.

    "She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected wordnet

Etymology

From melodrama + -tic. Modelled after dramatic.

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