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blood-and-thunder
adjective as in melodramatic
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That was a regular hair-raiser, as the fellow said when he finished the blood-and-thunder story.
Just show me something more in the blood-and-thunder line—no, at the other end of the room.
Such had been his character and life that the illustrious man was called by the name of Old Blood-and-Thunder.
Even a blood-and-thunder story of the Russian police was turned on as a serial story in their daily papers.
An aide-de-camp of Old Blood-and-Thunder, travelling through the valley, was said to have been struck with the resemblance.
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blood-and-thunder, such as: theatrical, artificial, cliff-hanging, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, and ham.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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