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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express emotion |
| Synonyms: | act, dramatize, exaggerate, ham it up, overact, overdramatize, overplay |
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, depict as entertainment |
| Synonyms: | act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, discourse, display, do a number, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham it up, ham, impersonate, offer, personate, play, playact, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards |
| Antonyms: | direct |
| Main Entry: | ham it up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be theatrical |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, chew up the scenery, emote, ham, overact, theatricalize, travesty |
Example Sentences
- The idea of grown women dressing up and getting together to emote about little plastic storage containers makes me wince.
- Computer power is a primary bottleneck to creating robots that can speak and emote.
- In fact, it's this missing-hand-turned-evil that's pictured above, encouraging its former owner to emote.
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act |
| Synonyms: | be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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