drama queen
drama queen noun: an overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Or a diva or a narcissist.
Noun
drama queen (plural drama queens)
- An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Or a diva or a narcissist.
- If he is thwarted in his effort to enjoy them, he may either go to the dogs or the drama queens, become short-tempered, sullen, grouchy and eventually feel that, in a way he is a failure.1923 December 10, The Washington Post
- I’ve known quite a few drama queens in my time, and I always have the same thought: She reminds me of junior high. Most girls are drama queens at that age.2009, Mark Atteberry, So Much More Than Sexy, Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, →ISBN, page 145
- Synonyms:
- attention whore, DQ
Verb
drama queen (third-person singular simple present drama queens, present participle drama queening, simple past and past participle drama queened)
- To behave in an exaggerately dramatic fashion.
- Stop the drama queening. Stop the pity parties. You've maxed out. Look, we all have trouble in our lives but most of us aren't hanging our dirty laundry out there for the whole world to see.2017, David Montgomery, Thoughts on the Abundant Life, Primitive Baptist Heritage Corporation / Lulu.com, page 337
drama queen meaning in Bengali and Indonesian
drama queen in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত, অতিরঞ্জিতভাবে নাটকীয় ব্যক্তি, মেয়ে, অথবা কোনো দিবা, আত্মমুগ্ধ ব্যক্তি, অতিরঞ্জিত নাটকীয়ভাবে আচরণ করা
drama queen in Indonesian
- exaggeratedly dramatic person
- ratu drama
Synonyms of drama queen
Forms of drama queen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | drama queens |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | drama queens |
| present participle | drama queening |
| past participle | drama queened |
| past | drama queened |
Words formed from drama queen
Questions about drama queen
- What does drama queen mean?
- Drama queen means an overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl. Or a diva or a narcissist.
- What is drama queen in Bengali?
- Drama queen in Bengali is অত্যন্ত, অতিরঞ্জিতভাবে নাটকীয় ব্যক্তি, মেয়ে. See Drama queen meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is drama queen?
- Drama queen can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of drama queen?
- The plural of drama queen is drama queens.
Words near drama queen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drama queen (page history and authors); drama queen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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