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| Main Entry: |
histrionics
 [his-tree-on-iks] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatrics |
| Synonyms: | dramatics, dramatization, performance, performing |
| Notes: | histrionics is a deliberate display of emotion for effect; hysterics is a fit of uncontrollable laughing or crying or frantic emotional behavior |
| Main Entry: | drama |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turmoil in real life |
| Synonyms: | climax, comedy, crisis, dramatics, emotion, excitement, farce, histrionics, melodrama, scene, spectacle, tension, theatrics, tragedy |
| Main Entry: | theatre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business of plays |
| Synonyms: | drama, dramatics, dramaturgy, footlights, histrionics, histrionism, theater, theatrics, troupe |
Example Sentences
- The histrionics of the global warming faithful is always good for a laugh.
- Which is a pity, because a rich and peculiar story lies underneath the histrionics.
- But its histrionics were attention getting rather than eloquent.
| Main Entry: | dramatics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatrics |
| Synonyms: | acting, drama, dramaturgy, histrionics, stage, theater, theatre |
| Main Entry: | melodramatics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatrics |
| Synonyms: | acting, dramatics, histrionics, stagecraft, theatrical |
| Main Entry: | orotundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, histrionics, magniloquence, pomposity, rant, turgidity |
| Main Entry: | staginess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatricalism |
| Synonyms: | acting, exhibitionism, histrionics, stagecraft, theatricality, theatricalness, theatrics |
| Main Entry: | theatricalism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | showy behavior |
| Synonyms: | acting, exhibitionism, histrionics, stagecraft, staginess, theatricality, theatricalness, theatrics |
| Main Entry: | theatricality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatricalism |
| Synonyms: | acting, exhibitionism, histrionics, stagecraft, staginess, theatricalness, theatrics |
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