melodramatic
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Melodramatic in the old-fashioned sense, a hero or villain from an operetta or Ayn Rand, he crows his lines like a rooster, albeit in an accent suspended somewhere between East Anglia and Texas.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Melodramatic as this may sound, liberation in the 1960s was a seismic event, especially in stiff-lipped Britain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022
Related: "Melodramatic representations of teenagers always bother me"
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2021
Melodramatic Scarpia could easily become a cartoon character.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2021
Then she could enact Plan Melodramatic Aru and get herself out of this mess and never ever ever lie again.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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