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Definition of Melodramatised
1. melodramatise [v] - See also: melodramatise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodramatised
Literary usage of Melodramatised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"He melodramatised about his failing health, and fawned upon Lord Instow that he
might fascinate the latter's sister. But for the author's information we ..."
2. Shakespeare from Betterton to Irving by George Clinton Densmore Odell (1920)
"Naturally, Beaufort is much melodramatised, and must have seemed a devilish person
to his audiences; conversely, Humfrey is made almost too good to be true. ..."
3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"... as distinct from the occurrences in which he fancifully set them, reflect his
own—magnified, no doubt, and melodramatised ; that he really had some ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"The letter is printed by Clarke and McArthur, who scandalously melodramatised
this great man. The hunt after the Frenchman is only to be paralleled by the ..."
5. The Anglo-Saxon Review by Randolph Spencer Churchill (1901)
"If you ask, What is it all about ? the answer must be that it is mostly about
the police intelligence melodramatised. In the same way, if you check your ..."
6. Notes Abroad and Rhapsodies at Home by William Rae Wilson (1837)
"Some of his lordship's partisans are, it seems, no great admirers of history and
classical legend melodramatised ; whereupon Mr. Bulwer, ..."
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