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melodramatic1776; from foreign source of melodrama on model of dramatic. Related: Melodramatically.
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melodramatic(adj) having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama(adj) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
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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 ki [..]
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