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histrionic
adjective
(his-tri-on-ic)
characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
Synonyms:
melodramatic
,
Examples:
Histrionic gestures.
Words Related to
histrionic
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melodramatic
,
theatrical
,
stagy
,
bombastic
,
hysterical
,
overwrought
,
overdramatic
,
florid
,
mawkish
,
pompous
,
declamatory
,
shrill
,
operatic
,
virtuosic
,
bathetic
,
antic
,
puerile
,
maudlin
,
grandiloquent
,
theatric
,
petulant
,
manic
,
comedic
,
wagnerian
,
oratorical
,
overemotional
,
pretentious
,
clownish
,
farcical
,
whiny
,
pantomimic
,
comical
,
parodic
,
quavery
,
ineloquent
,
unaffecting
,
esque
,
sententious
,
somnambulistic
,
deadpan
,
lachrymose
,
histrionicism
,
smarm
,
unamusing
,
toneless
,
screechy
,
schoolmarmish
,
mozartean
,
clownlike
,
overloud
,
stentorian
,
melismatic
,
hyperbolic
,
slapstick
,
vapid
,
mozartian
,
demented
,
hammy
,
unmannered
,
unmusical
,
stagey
,
overdetermined
,
hackneyed
,
daffy
,
inexpressive
,
lugubrious
,
vacuous
,
banal
,
spastic
,
didactic
,
droll
,
mirthless
,
platitudinous
,
unmodulated
,
scatty
,
waspish
,
portentous
,
ungifted
,
sardonic
,
lyrical
,
overfamiliar
,
paranoiac
,
sarky
,
orotund
,
unhinged
,
beethovenian
,
campy
,
graceless
,
onanistic
,
cloying
,
rumbustious
,
exhibitionistic
,
brattish
,
amateurish
,
affectless
,
nihilistic
,
uproarious
,
trite
,
pedantic
,
worshipful
,
histrionic
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