Hypertext Webster Gateway: "melodramatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melodramatic \Mel`o*dra*mat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]lodramatique.]
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a
melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. --
{Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
melodramatic
adj 1: having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a
melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"
2: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often
affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of
melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn: {histrionic}]
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