melodramatic
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Mr. Chabal has compiled a psychological study in coldheartedness and melodramatic egotism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mexico is such a melodramatic country, from telenovelas to Juan Gabriel and our love for all things Morrissey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Recognizing that the film-noir genre, to which “Point Blank” loosely belongs, had become reliant on melodramatic clichés, Mr. Boorman practiced the fine art of removal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
After Colonel Meecham had conducted the inspections of the other rooms, Mary Anne walked into Ben’s room holding her stomach with melodramatic hyperbole.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing melodramatic
100 SAT Words Beginning with "M"
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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Tone and Point of View, List 4
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