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histrionics

UK/hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/US/hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/

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histrionics noun: exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.

Noun

histrionics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
    • Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 Jun 2009

histrionics meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

histrionics in Tamil

நடிப்பு, செயல் முதலியன, நாடகத்தனம், செயற்கைத் தன்மை, போலித்தனம், அலப்பறை

histrionics in Malayalam

dramatics, theatricals, theatrics
അഭിനയം, നാട്യം, നാടകാഭിനയം, നാടകീയം, നാടകീയത, നാടകീയത്വം

histrionics in Kannada

ಟಕೀಯ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ, ಸೋಗು, ನಟನೆ, ಆಷಾಢಭೂತಿತನ, ಬೂಟಾಟಿಕೆ, ತೋಹು

Synonyms of histrionics

Origin of histrionics

From histrionic + -ics, see histrionic.

Words formed from histrionics

Words that rhyme with histrionics

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Questions about histrionics

What does histrionics mean?
Histrionics means exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.
What is histrionics in Tamil?
Histrionics in Tamil is நடிப்பு, செயல் முதலியன, நாடகத்தனம். See Histrionics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is histrionics?
Histrionics is a noun.
How do you pronounce histrionics?
Histrionics is pronounced /hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/ (UK).

Words near histrionics in the dictionary

  1. histrionicism
  2. histrionicity
  3. histrionick
  4. histrionicotoxin
  5. histrionicotoxins
  6. histrionics
  7. histrionise
  8. histrionised
  9. histrionises
  10. histrionising
  11. histrionism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: histrionics (page history and authors); histrionics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); histrionics (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); histrionics (Kannada 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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