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 Definitions of melodramatic  [ˌmɛl ə drəˈmæt ɪk]  

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Definition of 'melodramatic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) melodramatic
of, like, or befitting melodrama.

2.  melodramatic
exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; disproportionately intense.

3. (n.) melodramatic
melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.

Etymology:  (1810–20)

Definition of 'melodramatic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) melodramatic
having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
"a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"

2. (adj) histrionic, melodramatic
characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
"histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
Definition of 'melodramatic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) melodramatic
behaving in an exaggerated way as if something is much worse than it is
Stop being so melodramatic.
Definition of 'melodramatic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) melodramatic
of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action
Translation of 'melodramatic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an example of) behaviour similar to a play of this sort
He makes a melodrama out of everything that happens.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: melodramaties Arabic flag Arabic: مَسْرَحي عاطِفي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мелодраматичен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: melodramático Czech flag Czech: melodramatický German flag German: melodramatisch
Danish flag Danish: melodramatisk Greek flag Greek: μελοδραματικός Spanish flag Spanish: melodramático
Estonian flag Estonian: melodramaatiline Farsi flag Farsi: مربوط به نمایش ملو درام Finnish flag Finnish: melodramaattinen
French flag French: mélodramatique Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֶלוֹדרָמָטִי Hindi flag Hindi: अति नाटकीय
Croatian flag Croatian: melodramatičan Hungarian flag Hungarian: melodrámai Indonesian flag Indonesian: dramatis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: melódramatískur, ÿktur Italian flag Italian: melodrammatico Japanese flag Japanese: メロドラマ風の
Korean flag Korean: 멜로드라마조의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: melodramatiškas Latvian flag Latvian: melodramatisks; teatrāls
Malay flag Malay: melodramatik Dutch flag Dutch: melodramatisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: melodramatisk
Polish flag Polish: melodramatyczny Persian flag Persian: مربوط به نمایش ملو درام Pashto flag Pashto: ميلوډراماتيكه بڼه لرل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: melodramático Romanian flag Romanian: melo­dramatic Russian flag Russian: мелодраматический
Slovak flag Slovak: melodramatický Slovenian flag Slovenian: melodramatičen Serbian flag Serbian: melodramatičan
Swedish flag Swedish: melodramatisk Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับเรื่องประโลมโลก Turkish flag Turkish: acıklı, dokunaklı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 誇張且戲劇化的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мелодраматичний Urdu flag Urdu: سنسنی خیز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc kịch mêlô Chinese flag Chinese: 感情夸张的

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