melodramaticness
melodramaticness noun: the quality of being melodramatic.
Noun
melodramaticness (uncountable)
- The quality of being melodramatic.
- A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times. On several occasions, when the crowd gave vent to its displeasure at [Jake] Kilrain’s method of fighting, the big fellow would half turn toward it, and, raising his...1889 July 12, Macon, “Macon’s Melange. The Big Fight As He Saw It. He Tells of Some By-Play at the Ring-Side. […]”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XLVII, number 195, Cincinnati, Oh., published 14...
- It might be argued that the massiveness of the arrows on the Israel-Egypt maps, and the melodramaticness of some of the words used in some of the accompanying news stories, really imparted a rhetorically true impression of what the action might portend. That would be a kind of an argument: a poor...1956 November 1, John O’Ren, “The Spillway”, in The Sun, volume 239, number 145, Baltimore, Md., page 20
- Synonyms:
- melodramaticity
Examples of melodramaticness in a sentence
- A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times.1889 July 12, Macon, “Macon’s Melange. The Big Fight As He Saw It. He Tells of Some By-Play at the Ring-Side. […]”, in The Cincinnati...
- Hier aber versagt Hamiltons Bezug auf eine “melodramaticness of life”.1986 winter, Johann N. Schmidt, Ästhetik des Melodramas: Studien zu einem Genre des populären Theaters in England des 19. Jahrhunderts...
- Let you in on a little secret I wasn't a supporter of either of you until your melodramaticness (best way to put it) has started to get old.2000 January 16, Norma, “Emailing again..Hard to Speak”, in alt.support.diet.low-fat (Usenet):
- I can already imagine critics snickering at it for Michael Bay's unsubtle & over melodramaticness.2001 March 7, BillParcellsFan, “2001 Oscars”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet):
Synonyms of melodramaticness
Origin of melodramaticness
From melodramatic + -ness.
Questions about melodramaticness
- What does melodramaticness mean?
- Melodramaticness means the quality of being melodramatic.
- How do you use melodramaticness in a sentence?
- A feature of the fight was the melodramaticness of the Champion of Champions. [John L.] Sullivan was intensely theatric at times.
- What part of speech is melodramaticness?
- Melodramaticness is a noun.
Words near melodramaticness in the dictionary
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