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melodrama

[mel-uh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] / ˈmɛl əˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /
NOUN
bathos
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STRONG




NOUN
dramatization
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The danger is that economic anxiety can curdle into existential melodrama.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Who is the most dedicated viewer of this monetary melodrama?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

I did not want to make something that was morose or a melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Moving from maths to post-match monologues and melodrama.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

However, with my mother acting as director, the inherent tragedy would soon become melodrama.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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