melodramatic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: melodramatic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for melodramatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melodramatic adj having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama; "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea" characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" Synonym(s): histrionic, melodramatic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melodramatic \Mel`odramat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]lodramatique.] Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- {Mel`odramat"ically}, adv.