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operatic

/ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/US/ˌɑ.pɚˈæt.ɪk/

operatic adjective: of, related to, or typical of opera.

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Adjective

operatic (comparative more operatic, superlative most operatic)

  1. Of, related to, or typical of opera.
    • The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.
    • She had stormed dramatically off and got on the first train she saw at Waterloo station and rode it the whole way down to Brighton, taking a room in a seedy B and B. But then, after a nap, still feeling wobbly and also wallowingly sorry for herself, Diantha climbed off the bed and sat down at the...2009, Jane Pattison, Charles and Diantha, page 327

operatic meaning in Bengali

operatic in Bengali

গীতিনাট্যধর্মী

Examples of operatic in a sentence

  • He throws his head back and laughs a deep, booming, operatic laugh.
  • In this corner, the operatic heavyweight from Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti!
  • Because Fukienese has many spoken dialects, the province has a diversity of operatic styles.

All 12 example sentences with operatic

Forms of operatic

comparativemore operatic
superlativemost operatic

Origin of operatic

From opera + -ic, probably influenced by dramatic.

Words formed from operatic

Questions about operatic

What does operatic mean?
Operatic means of, related to, or typical of opera.
What is operatic in Bengali?
Operatic in Bengali is গীতিনাট্যধর্মী. See Operatic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is operatic?
Operatic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce operatic?
Operatic is pronounced /ˌɒp.əˈɹæt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near operatic in the dictionary

  1. operate
  2. operated
  3. operatee
  4. operatees
  5. operates
  6. operatic
  7. operatic soprano
  8. operatical
  9. operatically
  10. operatics
  11. operatin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operatic (page history and authors); operatic (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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