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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affected, amateur, artificial, campy, ceremonious, comic, dramaturgic, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, legitimate, mannered, melodramatic, meretricious, operatic, ostentatious, pompous, schmaltzy, show, showy, staged, stilted, superficial, theatric, thespian, tragic, unnatural, unreal, vaudeville |
| Antonyms: | comedic, real, undramatic, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | artificial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretended; affected |
| Synonyms: | assumed, contrived, false, feigned, forced, hollow, insincere, labored, mannered, meretricious, phony*, put-on, spurious, theatrical, unnatural |
| Antonyms: | genuine, natural, unaffected, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, tragicomic, vivid |
| Antonyms: | comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual |
| Main Entry: | histrionic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly dramatic |
| Synonyms: | melodramatic, overacting, overplayed, theatrical, thespian |
| Main Entry: | melodramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant in speech, behavior |
| Synonyms: | artificial, blood-and-thunder, cliff-hanging, cloak-and-dagger, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, hokey, overdramatic, overemotional, sensational, spectacular, stagy, theatrical |
| Antonyms: | calm, normal, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | ostentatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, showy |
| Synonyms: | boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, flaunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, swanky*, theatrical, tinsel, tony, uptown, vain, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater piece |
| Synonyms: | comedy, curtain-raiser, drama, entertainment, farce, flop, hit*, mask*, musical, one-act, opera, performance, potboiler, show, smash hit, smash*, stage show, theatrical, tragedy, turkey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spectacular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, impressive |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fabulous, fantastic, grand, histrionic, magnificent, marked, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, razzle-dazzle, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, regular, unspectacular, usual |
| Main Entry: | unnatural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not regular; artificial |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, affected, anomalous, assumed, bizarre, concocted, contrary, contrived, ersatz*, extraordinary, fabricated, factitious, false, feigned, forced, freakish, freaky, imitation, incredible, insincere, irregular, labored, made-up, make-believe, odd, outlandish, outrageous, perverse, perverted, phony, preposterous, pseudo*, put-on, queer, staged, stiff, stilted, strained, strange, studied, supernatural, synthetic, theatrical, unaccountable, uncanny, unconforming, unorthodox, unusual |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, genuine, natural, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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