Melodramatic

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
 * 2) Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
 * She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.

Related terms

 * melodramatics

Thesaurus
Barnumesque, actor-proof, all-star, ballet, balletic, cinematic, cinematographic, cloak-and-dagger, dramatic, dramatical, dramaturgic, emotionalistic, emotive, exaggerated, film, filmic, ham, hammy, histrionic, hokey, hysteric, legitimate, lurid, milked, monodramatic, movie, nonrational, operatic, overacted, overdone, overdrawn, overemotional, overplayed, overworked, overwrought, scenic, schmaltzy, sensational, sensationalistic, spectacular, spine-chilling, stagelike, stageworthy, stagy, starstruck, stellar, theaterlike, theatrical, thespian, thrown away, underacted, underplayed, unreasoning, vaudevillian, yellow

Pronunciation

 * ; {{SAMPA|/"mEl.@.dre%m{t.Ik/|/"mEl.@U.dre%m{t.Ik/}}

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 * Telugu: ఏడుపుగొట్టు


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 * Telugu: ఏడుపుగొట్టు