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hamming

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

Example Sentences

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Equally, you might not have believed her for a second, and thought she was hamming up her pain because it's all gone wrong.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He performed badly in sports and in school, but was a decent singer and could get a chuckle hamming it up in the school play.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

And in a brilliant bit of acting by Patrick Stewart, you can see that he’s hamming it up for the cadets.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Suddenly my friends are on the screen, waving, angling for face time, hamming it up.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

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