Thesaurus / histrionic
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If there’s a point to this exercise, it gets lost amid so many histrionic reenactments of scenes we’ve seen replayed on the news and parodied in late-night comedy for more than two decades.
IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY FRAMES THE CLINTON SCANDAL AS A CASE OF WOMEN SABOTAGING WOMEN. IS THAT REALLY SO REVOLUTIONARY?JUDY BERMANAUGUST 31, 2021TIMEWhile King’s narrative romanticizes the relationship between mental illness and creativity, Larraín’s histrionic direction often reduces these elements to camp.
STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION LISEY'S STORY IS MAWKISH, DULL AND TOO LONG BY HALFJUDY BERMANJUNE 4, 2021TIMEWe get an amusingly histrionic psychological thriller from Plaza and a clever Ronald Reagan pastiche from Duplass and actor-producer Ethan Sandler.
3 NEW STONER-FRIENDLY TV SERIES TO WATCH ON 4/20JUDY BERMANAPRIL 20, 2021TIMEThis rare merit even the most fastidious critic must allow: but her histrionic essay is, in another respect, equally remarkable.
THE HUBBLE-SHUECHRISTIAN CARSTAIRSShe has inherited the histrionic gift from her mother—from me.
QUINALICE HEGAN RICEHistrionic art always and everywhere suffers from the ephemeral conditions under which it has to be externalised.
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZIIn the midst of her histrionic triumphs, Mlle. Clairon continued her career of gallantry.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSHere she trained a number of aspirants to histrionic fame, several of whom were destined to make their mark in years to come.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSSadie was weeping into her black-bordered handkerchief, nor were they the tears of histrionic talent.
EMMY LOUGEORGE MADDEN MARTINThe histrionic presentation of a play is not, strictly speaking, a vocal interpretation, nor an interpretation by action.
BROWNING AND THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES. S. CURRYWORDS RELATED TO HISTRIONIC
- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped-out
- frantic
- freaked-out
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- in a state
- keyed-up
- nervous
- neurotic
- on edge
- overexcited
- overstrung
- overworked
- spent
- steamed up
- stirred
- strung-out
- tense
- tired
- uneasy
- unstrung
- uptight
- weary
- wired
- worked-up
- worn
- wound-up
- X-rated
- amazing
- arresting
- astounding
- breathtaking
- colored
- conspicuous
- dramatic
- drop-dead
- electrifying
- emotional
- excessive
- exciting
- extravagant
- hair-raising
- histrionic
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- horrifying
- hotdog
- juicy
- lurid
- marked
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- noticeable
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- piquant
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- remarkable
- revealing
- salient
- scandalous
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- shocking
- signal
- spectacular
- staggering
- stimulating
- sultry
- tabloid
- thrilling
- vulgar
- affected
- affectionate
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- histrionic
- histrionical
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- soft
- softhearted
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
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