hammy
adjective
resembling ham in taste, flavor, appearance, etc.
hamminess
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a word derived from
hammy.
Example Sentences
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And when she does, Fanning has calibrated her sobs to have a hint of hamminess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
The performances overall hit a note of bland competence — there’s neither the entertaining hamminess nor the startling ineptitude that you often got in “Game of Thrones.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Brühl's Kreizler feels even stiffer, to the point of making Ted Levine's still-crooked Thomas Byrnes, the former police chief, achieve Snidely Whiplash levels of hamminess.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
Comer makes such florid narcissism wildly funny, her performance best representing the show’s mischievous hamminess.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019
With a lush wooded set and fetching costumes, it’s an impressive showpiece of the company — its animation and utterly right, go-for-it hamminess.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
