hammy

assumed contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked feigned imitated overdone pretended shallow sham simulated studied unnatural

apish artificial awkward campy chichi conceited false fraudulent gone Hollywood highfalutin hollow insincere la-di-da melodramatic ostentatious pedantic phony pompous precious pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious spurious stiff stilted superficial theatrical twee

genuine natural real sincere true

unchanged

abstract distorted excessive extravagant fabricated false farfetched hyperbolic inflated magnified melodramatic overblown overwrought preposterous pretentious stylized unrealistic

amplified bouncing embroidered exalted overdone overestimated steep strained

a bit thick artificial caricatural fabulous fantastic highly colored histrionic histrionical impossible out of proportion overkill schmaltzy sensational spectacular tall too much too-too

actual believable calm factual moderate real realistic reasonable sensible straight

depreciated minimized played down reduced understated unembellished unexaggerated

flamboyant frenzied histrionical maudlin mawkish overemotional overwrought sensational sentimental stagy

bombastic emotional exaggerated grandiloquent melodramatic overacted overacting overplayed

dramatic farcical theatric theatrical

deadpan low-key matter-of-fact understated

apish artificial assumed awkward campy chichi conceited contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked false feigned fraud gone Hollywood ham highfalutin hollow imitated insincere mannered melodramatic ostentatious overdone pedantic phony playacting pompous precious pretended pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious shallow sham simulated spurious stiff stilted studied superficial theatrical unnatural

theatrical

artificial blood-and-thunder cliff-hanging cloak-and-dagger exaggerated ham histrionic histrionical hokey overdramatic overemotional sensational spectacular stagy

calm normal untheatrical

campy comic exaggerated melodramatic operatic showy

thespian vaudeville

affected artificial ceremonious dramaturgic histrionic histrionical mannered meretricious ostentatious pompous schmaltzy staged stagy stilted superficial theatric tragic unnatural unreal

comedic real undramatic untheatrical