His behavior was theatrical.
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Theatrical
//θiˈætɹɪkəl//
Synonyms for "theatrical" (159 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (79)
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Adjective(11 words)
Noun(2 words)
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62 translations across 29 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- թատերական adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Belarusian
2 entries- тэатра́льны adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- тэатра́льны adj (fake and exaggerated)
Bulgarian
2 entries- театрален adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- театрален adj (fake and exaggerated)
Catalan
2 entries- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatral adj (fake and exaggerated)
Czech
2 entries- divadelní adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatrální adj (fake and exaggerated)
Danish
2 entries- scenisk adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatralsk adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Dutch
4 entries- dramatisch adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- dramatisch adj (fake and exaggerated)
- theatraal adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- theatraal adj (fake and exaggerated)
Esperanto
1 entries- teatra adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Finnish
2 entries- teatraalinen adj (fake and exaggerated)
- teatterillinen adj (of or relating to the theatre)
French
1 entries- théâtral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Galician
2 entries- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatral adj (fake and exaggerated)
German
4 entries- Theater adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- dramatisch adj (fake and exaggerated)
- theatralisch adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- theatralisch adj (fake and exaggerated)
Greek
1 entries- θεατρικός adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Hebrew
1 entries- תיאטרלי adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Hungarian
4 entries- színházi adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- színi adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- színpadi adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- színpadias adj (fake and exaggerated)
Ido
2 entries- cenala adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatrala adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Irish
1 entries- amharclannach adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Italian
3 entries- plateale adj (fake and exaggerated)
- teatrale adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatrale adj (fake and exaggerated)
Kazakh
1 entries- театрлық adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatralsk adj (fake and exaggerated)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- teatralsk adj (fake and exaggerated)
Polish
3 entries- aktorski adj (fake and exaggerated)
- teatralny adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatralny adj (fake and exaggerated)
Portuguese
3 entries- dramático adj (fake and exaggerated)
- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatral adj (fake and exaggerated)
Romanian
1 entries- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Russian
4 entries- неесте́ственный adj (fake and exaggerated)
- показно́й adj (fake and exaggerated)
- сцени́ческий adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- театра́льный adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Slovak
1 entries- divadelný adj (of or relating to the theatre)
Spanish
3 entries- dramático adj (fake and exaggerated)
- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatral adj (fake and exaggerated)
Swedish
2 entries- teatral adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- teatralisk adj (fake and exaggerated)
Ukrainian
2 entries- театра́льний adj (of or relating to the theatre)
- театра́льний adj (fake and exaggerated)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He spoke with great enthusiasm of the theatrical performance.
Source: tatoeba (1078091)
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.
Source: tatoeba (3510976)
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.
Source: tatoeba (8594530)
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