melodramatic
See also: melodramàtic and melo-dramatic
English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/, /ˌmɛl.əʊ.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmelodramatic (comparative more melodramatic, superlative most melodramatic)
- Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
- Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
- She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.
- 1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy[1], London, New York, N.Y.: George Routledge & Co., →OCLC, page 125:
- 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 France.
Related terms
editTranslations
editof or pertaining to melodrama
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exaggeratedly emotional
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian melodrammatico. Equivalent to melodramă + -atic.
Adjective
editmelodramatic m or n (feminine singular melodramatică, masculine plural melodramatici, feminine and neuter plural melodramatice)
Declension
editDeclension of melodramatic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | melodramatic | melodramatică | melodramatici | melodramatice | ||
definite | melodramaticul | melodramatica | melodramaticii | melodramaticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | melodramatic | melodramatice | melodramatici | melodramatice | ||
definite | melodramaticului | melodramaticei | melodramaticilor | melodramaticelor |
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