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Definition of Melodramatic

1. Adjective. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama. "A melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"

2. Adjective. Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected. "A theatrical pose"

Definition of Melodramatic

1. a. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Definition of Melodramatic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. ¹

2. Adjective. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Melodramatic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodramatic

melodise melodised melodises melodising melodist melodists melodize melodized melodizer melodizers

melodizes melodizing melodrama melodramas melodramata melodramatic (current term) melodramatically melodramatics melodramatise melodramatised

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Literary usage of Melodramatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... and the splendid Tableaux vivants of the fashionable world, in which all kinds of characters are personated, as well aa the wonderful melodramatic ..."

2. Mixed Essays by Matthew Arnold (1880)
"... the inevitable traitor,' of the melodramatic machinery of the secret tribunal . The style is no better. The astonishment is not that ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... was marked by much artificiality, callousness, and insincerity in both life and literature. He did this in a rude and melodramatic way, but he did it. ..."

4. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"In these late years he tried his powers in almost every field of composition, even applying the melodramatic form to poems, ..."

5. The Coming Power: A Contemporary History of the Far East, 1898-1905 by Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy (1905)
"The centre of interest then shifted to Port Arthur, where Stoessel was becoming more melodramatic than ever. It was stated that he had sent a telegram to ..."

6. South Sea Foam: The Romantic Adventures of a Modern Don Quixote in the by Arnold Safroni-Middleton (1920)
"ABDUCTION OF A PRINCESS O'Hara in Love—Fae Fae's Midnight Elopement— Chased—A melodramatic Race for Life—The Innocence of Eve—Temptation—The Lost Bride—The ..."

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