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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Freeman makes the most of the Lion’s scene-stealing silliness, reveling in the skittish big cat’s foppish hamminess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
And then even when Agatha is revealed, a slice of this hamminess remains.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2021
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
You can see the intensity, the exuberance and the endearing hamminess that would serve the actor well through his career.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2019
As Mercutio, Craig Salstein has toned down his hamminess, but he still failed to convey the mercurial emotions of his protracted death.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
