His behavior was theatrical.
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Theatrical
/θiˈætɹɪkəl/
Synonyms for "theatrical" (255 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Noun(9 words)
actoractor-proofactressaffectedall-staramateur theatricalsantagonistartificialbad guyballetballeticbarnstormercampcampycharactercharacter actorcharacter mancharacter womanchild actorcinematic
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Adjective(15 words)
affectedaffected stateartifactualbaroque stylebombasticcalculated energycampiercampiestceremonial normsceremonial pledgeceremonial toolcinematic dialoguecomedicconspicuous cuedeclamatory
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Noun(14 words)
discodramatic mooddramatic playdramatic political changedramatic temperamentdramatizingemotional displayemotive responseexpressionistflambeflouncinggrandstandinghistrionicsingénues
diseurdiseusedramaticdramatic artdramatic formdramatic ironydramatic strokedramatic structuredramaticaldramaticismdramaticsdramatismdramatizerdramaturgicdramaturgyemotionalisticemotiveexaggeratedextravagantfake
Adjective(21 words)
dramaticdramatic artistrydramatic descriptiondramatic energydramatic gesturedramatic impactdramatic performancedramatic performance improvementdramatic shiftdramatic turn of eventsemotional expressionfanciestflamboyantflashiestglamourousgothic kunigsheroic layheroicalhighfalutinhighfaluting
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Verb(3 words)
Related words (127)
juvenilela-di-dalegitimatemanieremanneredmatinee idolmelodramaticmelodramaticsmilkedmimemimermimicmonodramaticmonologistmoviemummernonrationaloperaticostentatiousoveracted
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overactingoverdoneoveremotionaloverplayedoverwroughtpantomimepantomimistplay constructionplayactorplayerpretentiousprotean actorreciterrepertoryrosciusscenicsensationalsensationalismsensationalisticshowysoubrettespectacularstagestage performerstage playerstagelikestagestruckstageworthystaginessstagystarstruckstellarstoogestraight manstrollerstrolling playertheaterliketheatrictheatricalismtheatricalitytheatricalstheatricismtheatricsthespianthespian artthrown awaytrouperunderactedunderplayedunnaturalunreasoningutility manvaudevillianvillainvivid
Noun(28 words)
magnificomore dramaticmore stagedmost ceremonialoverplayingperformativeperformingplayactingposturingpublic displayrepresentationrevolutionarily dramaticrhetorical appealshakespearean phrasesheridanshowboatingsingsongsoliloquizingspoken dialoguestage duet
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stage powderstaging areastorytelling performancestylistic featureswashbucklingtheatrical performancetheatrical productionupstaging
Adjective(18 words)
melodramaticonstageoratoricaloverdramaticpeerlessperforming artsshowiershowysoapiersoapiestsplashierstage-relatedstaged entrystaged scenestageytheatre-likewagnerianwailful
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5 entriesCollocations
5 entriestheatrical effecttheatrical flairtheatrical lightingtheatrical performancetheatrical production
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5 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He spoke with great enthusiasm of the theatrical performance.
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The theatrical world of Shakespeare is just as infinitely varied as he believed reality to be; he excluded nothing whatsoever that occurred in human nature and bourgeois society.
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Some Italians display a theatrical nonchalance, insisting on shaking hands while lamenting loudly how absurd it all is that championship soccer fixtures are being postponed.
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