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melodramatic

/ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

melodramatic adjective: of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

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.
    • Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of...1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy, London, New York, N.Y.: George Routledge & Co., →OCLC, page 125

melodramatic meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Tagalog

melodramatic in Tamil

மிகையுணர்ச்சி காட்டும், கொண்ட, உணர்ச்சிமிகு

melodramatic in Telugu

of or pertaining to melodrama
ఏడుపుగొట్టు ēḍupugoṭṭu
exaggeratedly emotional
ఏడుపుగొట్టు ēḍupugoṭṭu

melodramatic in Malayalam

histrionic, exaggerated, extravagant
സ്തോഭജനകം, അതിനാടകീയം, അതിനാടകീയ, അതിനാടകീയത വരുത്തിയ, അതിനാടകീയത നിറഞ്ഞ, അതിഭാവുകത്വമുള്ള

melodramatic in Tagalog

of or pertaining to melodrama
mahimigdula

Forms of melodramatic

comparativemore melodramatic
superlativemost melodramatic
alternative formmelo-dramatic

Origin of melodramatic

From melodrama + -tic. Modelled after dramatic.

Words formed from melodramatic

Questions about melodramatic

What does melodramatic mean?
Melodramatic means of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
What is melodramatic in Tamil?
Melodramatic in Tamil is மிகையுணர்ச்சி காட்டும், கொண்ட, உணர்ச்சிமிகு. See Melodramatic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is melodramatic?
Melodramatic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce melodramatic?
Melodramatic is pronounced /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near melodramatic in the dictionary

  1. melodizing
  2. melodram
  3. melodrama
  4. melodramas
  5. melodramata
  6. melodramatic
  7. melodramatical
  8. melodramatically
  9. melodramaticism
  10. melodramaticisms
  11. melodramaticity

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