melodrama
noun
a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
melodramatics
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a word derived from
melodrama.
Example Sentences
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The acting in “Riot and Reckoning” loses a bit of discipline as the ranting grows louder along with the melodramatics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
The ride up with Fanny in Act 1 is gleeful, but the climb back down in Act 2, after the shine has worn off the marriage, plunges the show into dreary melodramatics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
Over 12 minutes of Wagnerian melodramatics, he repeated that guarantee no less that 30 times - but fans have long been confused about what it was he wouldn't do.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2022
Suggested synonyms for the word include not only sentimentalism, but mawkishness, maudlinism, melodramatics, mushiness – a host of “m” words to make the whole idea quite unappealing.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2014
“Now that is the most theatrical display of melodramatics I have ever seen in my life.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
