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Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with - to the extent that cop shows are mirrors of the culture.
Steven Bochco

Meaning of "melodramatic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MELODRAMATIC

melodramatic  [ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELODRAMATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Melodramatic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MELODRAMATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

melodramatic

Melodrama

A melodrama is a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions, often with strongly stereotyped characters. Language, behaviour, or events which resemble melodramas are also called melodramatic. In scholarly and historical musical contexts melodramas are dramas of the 18th and 19th centuries in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action. Melodrama is a style of drama that has been applied on the stage, in movies and television, and radio formats, from the 18th century to the present. Because of the long timeframe in which the style has existed, it is difficult to derive a precise definition. The term melodrama is most often used pejoratively, to suggest that the work to which the term is applied lacks sophistication or subtlety. The term originated from the early 19th-century French word mélodrame, which is derived from Greek melos, music, and French drame, drama.

Definition of melodramatic in the English dictionary

The definition of melodramatic in the dictionary is involving the overdramatization of a situation by someone. Other definition of melodramatic is of or relating to a type of play, film, etc, characterized by extravagant action and emotion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELODRAMATIC


achromatic
ˌækrəˈmætɪk
aromatic
ˌærəˈmætɪk
asymptomatic
æˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk
automatic
ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk
axiomatic
ˌæksɪəˈmætɪk
chromatic
krəˈmætɪk
diagrammatic
ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk
diplomatic
ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk
dramatic
drəˈmætɪk
electrochromatic
ɪˌlektrəʊkrəˈmætɪk
emblematic
ˌɛmbləˈmætɪk
idiomatic
ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪk
mathematic
ˌmæθəˈmætɪk
overdramatic
ˌəʊvədrəˈmætɪk
problematic
ˌprɒbləˈmætɪk
programmatic
ˌprəʊɡrəˈmætɪk
psychosomatic
ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk
semiautomatic
ˌsɛmɪˌɔːtəˈmætɪk
symptomatic
ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk
unproblematic
ˌʌnˌprɒbləˈmætɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELODRAMATIC

melodic minor
melodic minor scale
melodica
melodically
melodies
melodion
melodious
melodiously
melodiousness
melodise
melodiser
melodist
melodize
melodizer
melodrama
melodramatically
melodramatise
melodramatist
melodramatize
melody

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELODRAMATIC

animatic
charismatic
cinematic
climatic
dogmatic
enigmatic
enzymatic
kinematic
monochromatic
numismatic
pneumatic
pragmatic
prismatic
rheumatic
schematic
simatic
somatic
static
systematic
thematic
traumatic

Synonyms and antonyms of melodramatic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MELODRAMATIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «melodramatic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of melodramatic

Translation of «melodramatic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELODRAMATIC

Find out the translation of melodramatic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of melodramatic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «melodramatic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过于夸张的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

melodramático
570 millions of speakers

English

melodramatic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाटकीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميلودرامي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелодраматический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melodramático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিনাটকীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mélodramatique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melodramatic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

melodramatisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大げさな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감상적이고 과장된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melodramatic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khoa trương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெலோடிராமாடிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भावनाक्षोभक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

melodram tarzında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

melodrammatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

melodramatyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мелодраматичний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

melodramatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μελοδραματικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melodramatiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

melodramatisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melodramatisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of melodramatic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELODRAMATIC»

The term «melodramatic» is regularly used and occupies the 64.622 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELODRAMATIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about melodramatic

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8 QUOTES WITH «MELODRAMATIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word melodramatic.
1
Saffron Aldridge
My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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Steven Bochco
Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with - to the extent that cop shows are mirrors of the culture.
3
Richard Elman
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic, such as Gogol and Dostoyevsky, just as it was in my own household when I was growing up.
4
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
5
James Gray
Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.
6
Peter Horton
Melodrama is something that is created... I don't seen a melodramatic episode of '90210' or any show that relies on that and think, 'Oh, that's life. That's how I experience it.'
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Ray William Johnson
As a general rule, if you are prone to melodramatic meltdowns, please avoid purchasing a webcam for any reason.
8
Chris Pratt
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELODRAMATIC»

Discover the use of melodramatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to melodramatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, ...
The Melodramatic Imagination has become a classic work for understanding theater, fiction, and film.
Peter Brooks, 1976
2
Watching Dallas: Soap Opera and the Melodramatic Imagination
Ien Ang asks the question: what was it about Dallas that made it so entertaining and succesful, and how exactly is its entertainment constructed?
Ien Ang, 2013
3
Melodramatic Tactics: Theatricalized Dissent in the English ...
"This pathbreaking work analyzes melodrama as not merely a theatrical genre but as a behavioral paradigm of the nineteenth century, manifest in the theater, in literature, and in society.
Elaine Hadley, 1995
4
Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama
Professor Sarah Hibberd. monologic insertions take place — presumably when the priest is back home, writing his journal and remembering the medical visit. Thus the 'present moment' is a recollection from the past, the priest's use of the past ...
Professor Sarah Hibberd, 2013
5
A Small, Melodramatic Story
You don't have to know Beethoven from Bach to find yourself thoroughly absorbed by the theatricality with which Kaufman has tied a historic event--the legendary mystery surrounding one of Beethoven's compositions--to a drama about a fatally ...
Stephen Belber, 2007
6
The Melodramatic Thread: Spectacle and Political Culture in ...
By examining the relationship between public ceremonies and theatrical performance, James R. Lehning sheds light on democratization in modern France.
James R. Lehning, 2007
7
Joyless Streets: Women and Melodramatic Representation in ...
Patrice Petro challenges the conventional assessment of German film history, which sees classical films as responding solely to male anxieties and fears.
Patrice Petro, 1989
8
Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream for Kids: 3 Short ...
"Midsummer like you have never readit before; quick, fun, and easy to understand - just like Playing with Plays other play: Romeo and Juliet."
Brendan P. Kelso, 2008
9
The Melodramatic Public: Film Form and Spectatorship in ...
The Melodramatic Public analyzes melodrama as a narrative architecture and expressive form which connects the public and the private, the personal and the political, in ways that draw film audiences into complex passages of historical ...
Ravi Vasudevan, 2011
10
Mia the Melodramatic
Mia is fifteen and during her summer vacation she starts working at a children's playhouse, meets new people (including Eric, who she knew once long ago when he was not so interesting) and continues sibling warfare with her younger brother ...
Eileen Boggess, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELODRAMATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term melodramatic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Jake Gyllenhaal tries to avoid a melodramatic uppercut in …
Why Hope deserves any of this or needs a redemptive arc must simply be melodramatic entertainment to soothe the soul. That would be fine if it ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
2
Confederate 'patriot' bans Muslims from his Florida gun shop in …
Confederate 'patriot' bans Muslims from his Florida gun shop in hilariously melodramatic video. David Ferguson · 21 Jul 2015 at 09:36 ET. Image: Florida Gun ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
3
7 Taylor Swift Quotes About Love That Are As Melodramatic As They …
My heart was a blank space until Taylor Swift wrote her name on it, and now it only beats for her. Only a year ago, I had somehow never heard ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
How to Rage-Quit Your Prestigious Media Job on Principle
Here's our guide to Getting the Most Out of Your Melodramatic Public Resignation. Tip 1: Make sure you have a noble reason to quit. The right ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
5
Why Does Robert F Kennedy Jr Get Brain Science So Wrong …
Calling them “grave neurological injuries” is melodramatic and does a huge disservice to people who live with tics. It also catastrophizes and ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
It's the end of the world as we know it, and no one cares - Philly.com
True, Hansen has a flair for the melodramatic, and it's arguably beyond the realm of science to project the political consequences. (Although if 2 ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
7
Mary Benson Fall 2015 - Fashion East - Style.com
Per Benson: “[My aesthetic is] lively and feminine, dreamy and illustrative, surreal, melodramatic, a bit strange, and, most important, ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
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Underneath the Laughs, 'Trainwreck' Is Just Another Regressive …
It's a genre that generally takes an initially humorous view of heterosexual love, then plunges deep into melodramatic scenes late in the ... «In These Times, Jul 15»
9
White Reaper - White Reaper Does It Again - The 405
This sets the stage perfectly for Tony Esposito's nasal, only-just-post-pubescent voice to scythe through with his melodramatic interjections. «The 405, Jul 15»
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If You Want To End "Gun Free Zones" Endangering Our Troops, Pick …
That interpretation is a bit melodramatic. U.S. Army Recruiting Command is in an awkward position. While they no doubt understand that most ... «Bearing Arms, Jul 15»

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