Histrionics

Noun

 * 1) Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
 * I’m tired of Mary’s histrionics.

Synonyms

 * drama, melodrama, melodramatics

Thesaurus
Thespian art, amateur theatricals, blazon, blood and thunder, bravura, brilliancy, daring, dash, demonstration, demonstrativeness, display, dramatic art, dramatic form, dramatic irony, dramatic stroke, dramatic structure, dramaticism, dramatics, dramatism, dramaturgy, eclat, emotional appeal, emotionalism, emotionality, emotionalization, emotionalizing, emotiveness, emotivity, etalage, exhibition, exhibitionism, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, histrionism, human interest, love interest, making scenes, manifestation, melodrama, melodramatics, nonrationalness, pageant, pageantry, parade, play construction, sensationalism, sham, show, showing-off, spectacle, splash, splurge, staginess, theatricalism, theatricality, theatricals, theatricism, theatrics, unreasoningness, vaunt, visceralness, yellow journalism

Etymology
See the etymology of histrionic.

Translations

 * Finnish: tunteilu, huomionkipeys
 * French: histrionisme, théâtralisme
 * German: theatralisches Getue


 * Russian: выходка, сцена
 * Spanish: histrionismo, teatralismo

Anagrams

 * trichinosis