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hammy
adjective as in affected
Strong matches
adjective as in exaggerated
Strongest matches
adjective as in histrionic
adjective as in la-di-da
Weak matches
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- ham
- highfalutin
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- mannered
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
adjective as in melodramatic
adjective as in theatrical
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Example Sentences
A lot of the other things that I play are way more hammy or comedic roles.
I turn to one of the boys in wheelchairs, who rewards me with a giant, hammy smile.
A bemused line reading sneaks in when you are anticipating a hammy hard sell.
Clinton punctuated her hammy gesture with a deep, throaty chuckle.
And Anthony Hopkins as Noah's hammy 969-year-old grandpa, Methuselah, who was apparently an incorrigible berry addict.
Then Hammy's tummy is a mutinous soldier, and must be taught to obey the Word of Command.
I had rather sit under Hammy and hear about Noah, with Berta on the other knee.
The buyers much dislike any foreign smell, any mouldy, hammy, or cheesy odour.
The Hammy boy is particularly anxious to have his love sent to "Misr Creedy."
Hammy, in manly fashion, offered a hand—the left—the right arm being occupied with the box of toys.
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On this page you'll find 235 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hammy, such as: assumed, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, and feigned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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