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Adjective: melodramatic  `me-lu-dru'ma-tik
  1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama
    "a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"
     
  2. Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
    "an attitude of melodramatic despair"
    - histrionic

See also: dramatic, melodrama, melodramatically, theatrical

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