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melo-dramatic

melo-dramatic is the alternative form of melodramatic.

Meaning of melodramatic

Adjective

melodramatic (comparative more melodramatic, superlative most melodramatic)

  1. Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
  2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
    • She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.

Forms of melo-dramatic

comparativemore melo-dramatic
superlativemost melo-dramatic

Questions about melo-dramatic

What is melo-dramatic the alternative form of?
Melo-dramatic is the alternative form of melodramatic.

Words near melo-dramatic in the dictionary

  1. Melnykite
  2. Melnykites
  3. Melnyks
  4. melo
  5. melo-
  6. melo-dramatic
  7. melobiose
  8. Meloche
  9. Meloches
  10. melocoton
  11. melocotons

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