hamming

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal portraying posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

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Drummer Joel Amey punctures the pomposity during The Sofa - hamming up his accent as he sings about feeling "stuck in Seven Sisters, Norf Lahn-dan".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

More than that, he seems to relish it, hamming it up as the babies reach out to touch him.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023

At this, Musk makes a cartoon villain face, hamming it up to the host and audience.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023

And in a brilliant bit of acting by Patrick Stewart, you can see that he’s hamming it up for the cadets.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Titters had begun at the way the girl playing Ismene was hamming it up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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