| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Overemotional exaggerated behavior calculated for effect. Used in plural: dramatics, histrionics, melodramatics, theatrics. See FEELINGS, STYLE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or relating to drama or the theater: dramatic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, histrionic, histrionical, theatric, thespian. See PERFORMING ARTS. 2. Suggesting drama or a stage performance, as in emotionality or suspense: dramatic, histrionic, histrionical, melodramatic, sensational, spectacular, theatric. See EXCITE, STYLE, SURPRISE.
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