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chewed the scenery

chewed the scenery is the simple past and past participle of chew the scenery.

Meaning of chew the scenery

Verb

chew the scenery (third-person singular simple present chews the scenery, present participle chewing the scenery, simple past and past participle chewed the scenery)

  1. (idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
    • Near-synonym: camp it up

Questions about chewed the scenery

What is chewed the scenery the simple past and past participle of?
Chewed the scenery is the simple past and past participle of chew the scenery.

Words near chewed the scenery in the dictionary

  1. chewed over
  2. chewed the cud
  3. chewed the fat
  4. chewed the meat and spat out the bones
  5. chewed the meat and spit out the bones
  6. chewed the scenery
  7. chewed up
  8. chewed up and spat out
  9. chewed up and spit out
  10. chewellery
  11. chewelry

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