melodramatic
Collocations
3ADJ.
threatening
VERB + MELODRAMATIC
bit, don't, gave, wrote
MELODRAMATIC + NOUN
letter
Definitions
adj
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.
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.
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Synonyms
adjective — characteristic of acting or a stage performance
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.
WiktionaryDearest 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
WiktionaryIn it, the officer insisted he did not depart from NCND and gave a melodramatic account of my "long pauses" as I said I needed the story, before I eventually became cooperative and said I had "seen th
WiktionaryHow melodramatic!
Tatoeba · #2111816Don't be melodramatic.
Tatoeba · #2245306Don't be so melodramatic.
Tatoeba · #2270307