histrionic
71orotund — I adjective affected, artificial, blustering, bombastic, clear, declamatory, elocutionary, flatulent, forceful, full, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, histrionic, inflated, magniloquent, mellow, oratorical, pompous, presumptuous,… …
72emotional — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring one s emotions] Syn. moving, touching, impassioned, heartfelt; see moving 2 , passionate 2 . 2. [Given to emotion] Syn. sentimental, sensitive, warm, gushing, hysterical, demonstrative, fiery, zealous, fervent,… …
73melodramatic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. artificial, spectacular, sensational; see exaggerated . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [MEL o druh MAT ik] exaggerated or sensational, theatrical. The teenager was being melodramatic when he said he… …
74histrionical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of or relating to drama or the theater: dramatic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, histrionic, theatric, theatrical, thespian. See PERFORMING ARTS. 2. Suggesting drama or a stage performance, as in emotionality or… …
75theatric — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of or relating to drama or the theater: dramatic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, histrionic, histrionical, theatrical, thespian. See PERFORMING ARTS. 2. Suggesting drama or a stage performance, as in emotionality… …
76The Drama — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:The Drama >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the drama the drama the stage the theater the play Sgm: N 1 film the film film the film movies motion pictures cinema cinematography Sgm: N 1 theatricals theatricals …
77histrionics — “theatrics, pretense,” 1864, from HISTRIONIC (Cf. histrionic); also see ICS (Cf. ics) …
78Hysteria — In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …
79Hysteria-Psychosomatic-Somatization — In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …
80dramatic — adjective 1) dramatic art Syn: theatrical, theatric, thespian, stage, dramaturgical; formal histrionic 2) a dramatic increase Syn: considerable, substantial, sizable, goodly, fair, marked …
