About The Word Histrionic
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Histrionic
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What's The Definition Of Histrionic?
[adj] characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Histrionic: melodramatic | theatrical Related Terms | Find terms related to Histrionic: actor-proof | affected | all-star | artificial | ballet | balletic | cinematic | cinematographic | dramatic | dramatical | dramaturgic | emotionalistic | emotive | film | filmic | ham | hammy | hysteric | insincere | la-di-da | legitimate | maniere | mannered | melodramatic | milked | monodramatic | movie | nonrational | operatic | overacted | overdone | overemotional | overplayed | pretentious | scenic | sensational | sensationalistic | spectacular | stagelike | stageworthy | stagy | starstruck | stellar | theaterlike | theatrical | thespian | thrown away | underacted | underplayed | unnatural | unreasoning | vaudevillian See Also | Histrionic In Webster's Dictionary \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a.
[L. histrionicus: cf. F. histronique. See {Histrion}.]
Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a
theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense. --
{His`tri*on"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De
Quincey.
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