histrionic

  • 11histrionic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. theatrical; affected, exaggerated, dramatic. See drama, affectation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dramatic, melodramatic, artificial, theatrical; see affected 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 12Histrionic personality disorder — Infobox Disease Name = Histrionic personality disorder Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|F|60|4|f|60 ICD9 = ICD9|301.50 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D006677 Histrionic personality disorder (HPD ) is a… …

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  • 13histrionic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin histrionicus, from Latin histrion , histrio actor Date: 1648 1. deliberately affected ; theatrical 2. of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater Synonyms: see dramatic • histrionically adverb …

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  • 14histrionic — histrionically, adv. /his tree on ik/, adj. Also, histrionical. 1. of or pertaining to actors or acting. 2. deliberately affected or self consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech. n. 3. an actor. [1640 50; < LL histronicus of …

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  • 15histrionic — adjective /hɪs.tɹiːˈɒn.ɪk,hɪs.tɹi.ˈɑn.ɪk/ a) Of, or relating to actors or acting b) Excessively dramatic or emotional …

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  • 16histrionic — Synonyms and related words: actor proof, affected, all star, artificial, ballet, balletic, cinematic, cinematographic, dramatic, dramatical, dramaturgic, emotionalistic, emotive, film, filmic, ham, hammy, hysteric, insincere, la di da, legitimate …

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  • 17histriònic — his|tri|ò|nic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …

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  • 18histrionic — his|tri|on|ic [ ,hıstri anık ] adjective showing very strong feelings, in a way that is embarrassing and not reasonable …

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  • 19histrionic — his·tri·on·ic || ‚hɪstrɪ É‘nɪk / É’nɪk adj. dramatic, theatrical …

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  • 20histrionic — [ˌhɪstrɪ ɒnɪk] adjective 1》 overly theatrical or melodramatic. 2》 formal of or concerning actors or acting. noun (histrionics) exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to attract attention. Derivatives histrionically adverb Origin C17: from late L …

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