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Word entry · 12 letters

melodramatic

Best crossword clue

"Overly theatrical"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aacdeilmmortStarts with MEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama

Word origin

From melodrama + -tic. Modelled after dramatic.

Used in a sentence

  • She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.
  • In it, the officer insisted he did not depart from NCND and gave a melodramatic account of my "long pauses" as I said I needed the story, before I eventually became cooperative and said I had "seen the light".

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