histrionic
/hiss-tree-ON-ik/adjectiveoverly theatrical or melodramatic
“His histrionic sighs punctuated every meeting.”
- Synonyms
- theatrical, melodramatic, overwrought
- Antonyms
- understated, restrained
- Memory hook
- histrio (actor): offstage acting.
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