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dramatic
[ druh-mat-ik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the drama.
Synonyms: theatrical
- employing the form or manner of the drama.
dramatic colors;
a dramatic speech.
- highly effective; striking:
The silence following his impassioned speech was dramatic.
Synonyms: sensational, startling
dramatic
/ drəˈmætɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to drama
- like a drama in suddenness, emotional impact, etc
- striking; effective
- acting or performed in a flamboyant way
- music (of a voice) powerful and marked by histrionic quality
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Derived Forms
- draˈmatically, adverb
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Other Words From
- dra·mat·i·cal·ly adverb
- non·dra·mat·ic adjective
- o·ver·dra·mat·ic adjective
- pre·dra·mat·ic adjective
- pseu·do·dra·mat·ic adjective
- qua·si-dra·mat·ic adjective
- sem·i·dra·mat·ic adjective
- un·dra·mat·ic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
In the end, I find it never fails to modernize even the most dramatic things.
It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
It all sounds a bit dramatic, but that cactus feels like something special.
In a dramatic twist on mistletoe reproduction, their seeds explode, literally.
Yet even as the Germans wallowed in bitter self-pity, another defeated superpower underwent a dramatic turnaround.
It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
Dramatic adaptation in expressing various characters, emotions, and motives is potentially very great.
We would classify these two departments in this way, though in the highest dramatic work elements of both phases are combined.
In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.
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