theatrical
Collocations
3ADJ.
distracting, marked
VERB + THEATRICAL
feature, sense, watch
THEATRICAL + NOUN
performance, performances, s, skits, troupe
Definitions
adj
Of or relating to the theatre.
12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
Fake and exaggerated.
The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.
noun
A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.
A person who works in theatre.
Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a performance of a play
- representation
- histrionics
Antonyms
- untheatrical
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
612 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Dr
WiktionaryThe ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.
WiktionaryRelease schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.
WiktionaryBoth of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.
WiktionaryHis behavior was theatrical.
Tatoeba · #286811He spoke with great enthusiasm of the theatrical performance.
Tatoeba · #1078091