mel·o·dra·mat·ic

[mel-uh-druh-mat-ik]
adjective
1.
of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2.
exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic.
noun
3.
melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.

Origin:
1810–20; melodrama + (drama)tic

mel·o·dra·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·mel·o·dra·mat·ic, adjective
non·mel·o·dra·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·mel·o·dra·mat·ic, adjective
un·mel·o·dra·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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melodrama (ˈmɛləˌdrɑːmə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a play, film, etc, characterized by extravagant action and emotion
2.  (formerly) a romantic drama characterized by sensational incident, music, and song
3.  overdramatic emotion or behaviour
4.  a poem or part of a play or opera spoken to a musical accompaniment
 
[C19: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos song + dramedrama]
 
melodramatist
 
n
 
melodramatic
 
adj
 
melodramatics
 
pl n
 
melodra'matically
 
adv

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melodramatic
1816, from melodrama on model of dramatic.
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Example sentences
If the plot comes off as manufactured or melodramatic, the emotions of
  characters remain genuine and haunting.
No howler by the keeper, no muffed offside call, no melodramatic dive to set it
  all up with an unjustified free kick.
Members of white supremacist groups tend to employ melodramatic iconography to
  identify their activities.
Against these stereotypes and melodramatic speculations stand a body of
  statistics and several studies.
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