He became histrionic upon hearing the news.
Source: tatoeba (8110003)
Histrionic
//hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk//
Synonyms for "histrionic" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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9 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- актьорски adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- театрален adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Catalan
2 entries- histriònic adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histriònic adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Danish
1 entries- patetisk adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Dutch
3 entries- pathetisch adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- theatraal adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- theatraal adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Finnish
4 entries- histrioninen adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histrioninen adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- huomionkipeä adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- näyttelijämäinen adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
French
2 entries- histrionique adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- théâtral adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
Georgian
1 entries- სცენური adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
German
4 entries- Schauspiel adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- pathetisch adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- schauspielerisch adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- theatralisch adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Icelandic
4 entries- leikaralegur adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- leiklistar adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- tilgerðarlegur adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- uppgerðarlegur adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Italian
2 entries- istrionesco adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- istrionico adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
Macedonian
1 entries- актерски adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
Polish
1 entries- afektacyjny adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Portuguese
4 entries- histriónico adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histriónico adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- histriônico adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histriônico adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Russian
4 entries- актёрский adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- напы́щенный adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- неесте́ственный adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- сцени́ческий adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cluicheach adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- glumački adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histrionski adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- teatralan adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Spanish
2 entries- histriónico adj (of or relating to actors or acting)
- histriónico adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Swedish
2 entries- histrionisk adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
- teatralisk adj (excessively dramatic or emotional)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Let me know if you're going to get histrionic so I can start making a video.
Source: tatoeba (8860330)
No need to get all histrionic. You're not on a soap opera.
Source: tatoeba (9034285)
Imaginative insight, passion, the gift of oratory, grace and dignity of movement and bearing, perfect command of the voice in the whole gamut of its inflections are the constituent qualities of true histrionic capacity.
Source: tatoeba (11315427)
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