adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a melodramatic musical score
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a melodramatic play
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It sounds melodramatic , but I felt like someone was watching me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He boomed out, slipping in all the glottal stops and nasal sobs of an appallingly melodramatic tenor.
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He was associated with a heavy, melodramatic , and often sentimental style of acting.
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His only saving grace is his undying belief in the melodramatic .
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Of course, on reflection, Deborah didn't really think it was that melodramatic either.
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The script is terrible, the acting by turns melodramatic and wooden, the direction confused.
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The stories had the melodramatic plot lines of comic books or soap operas.
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There is an eerily Victorian postscript to this unhappy tale, almost too melodramatic to be true.
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What was this melodramatic gesture of Jake's all about?