melodramatic

UK: /ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk/

US: /ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk/

US: (mel′ə drə mat′ik)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mel•o•dra•mat•ic /ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk/   adj. 

1. Show Business of or relating to or fitting a melodrama:
   a melodramatic performance.

n. 

2. melodramatics, [plural] melodramatic writing or behavior:
   Stop the melodramatics; you've only scraped your knee.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mel•o•dra•mat•ic  (mel′ə drə mat′ik), adj. 

1. Show Business of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2. exaggerated and emotional or sentimental;
   sensational or sensationalized;
   overdramatic.

n. 

3. melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.

• melodrama + (drama)tic 1810–20

mel′o•dra•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.