Definitions for melodramaˈmɛl əˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mel•o•dra•maˈmɛl əˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə(n.)(pl.)-mas.
a dramatic form that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action over characterization.
Category: Showbiz, Literature
melodramatic behavior or events.
(in the 17th–early 19th centuries) a romantic drama with music interspersed.
Category: Showbiz, Music and Dance, Literature
Origin of melodrama:
1800–10; < F mélodrame=mélo- (< Gk mélos song) +dramedrama
mel`o•dram′a•tist-ˈdræm ə tɪst, -ˈdrɑ mə-(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
melodrama(noun)
an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization
Wiktionary
melodrama(Noun)
A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
melodrama(Noun)
A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
melodrama(Noun)
Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.
Origin: From the melodramma, the second element refashioned by analogy with drama, which the dramma represents both etymologically and semantically; ultimately, both the and the represent a supposed etymon of the form *, from the extant roots and ; compare melodrame, the mélodrame, the Melodram, and the melodrama.
Webster Dictionary
Melodrama(noun)
formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio"
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Melodrama
a play consisting of sensational incidents, and arranged to produce striking effects.
Translations for melodrama
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
melodrama(noun)
a (type of) play in which emotions and the goodness or wickedness of the characters are exaggerated greatly.
- melodramaAfrikaans

- مَشْجاه: مَسْرَحِيَّه تُبالِغ في وَصْف العَواطِف وتَنْتَهي نهايَةً سَعيدَهArabic

- игра на преувеличаванеBulgarian

- melodramaPortuguese (BR)

- melodramaCzech

- das MelodramaGerman

- melodramaDanish

- μελόδραμαGreek

- melodramaSpanish

- melodraamaEstonian

- ملودرامFarsi

- melodraamaFinnish

- mélodrameFrench

- מֶלוֹדרָמָהHebrew

- उत्तेजनायुक्त नाटकHindi

- melodramaCroatian

- melodrámaHungarian

- melodramaIndonesian

- melódramaIcelandic

- melodrammaItalian

- メロドラマJapanese

- 멜로드라마Korean

- melodramaLithuanian

- melodrāmaLatvian

- melodramaMalay

- melodramaDutch

- melodrama, folkekomedieNorwegian

- melodramatPolish

- نمايش كه توام با موسيقى و آواز باشدPersian

- له موسيقى سره ډرامهPashto

- melodramaPortuguese

- melodramăRomanian

- мелодрамаRussian

- melodrámaSlovak

- melodramaSlovenian

- melodramaSerbian

- melodram[a]Swedish

- เรื่องประโลมโลกThai

- melodram, acıklı oyunTurkish

- 情節劇,通俗劇Chinese (Trad.)

- мелодрамаUkrainian

- ادنی درجے کا سنسنی خیز ڈراماUrdu

- kịch mêlôVietnamese

- 情节剧Chinese (Simp.)

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