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Definitions: Melodramatic |
MelodramaticAdjective1. 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; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "melodramatic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Synonym: MelodramaticSynonym: histrionic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Adjective: dramatic; theatric, theatrical; scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic; stagy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Melodramatic |
| English words defined with "melodramatic": Dame Daphne du Maurier, dime novel, du Maurier ♦ histrionic ♦ penny dreadful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "melodramatic": crawling horror ♦ serial drama. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Melodramatic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (melodramatic, melodramatically). |
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| "Melodramatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Melodramatic" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 122 | 29,069 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "melodramatic": semi-melodramatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
melodramatic | 413 |
journal melodramatic | 9 |
com melodramatic | 6 |
melodramatic power puffin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "melodramatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | melodramatik (transpontine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مليودرامي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мелодраматичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | melodramatický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | melodramatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | melodrama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوطبه نمایش ملودرام . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mélodramatique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | melodramatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μελοδραματικόσ (operatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | melodrámai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | melodrammatico (operatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elodramaticmay melodramático (melody, sensational), melodrama (melodrama). (various references) melodramatic (melodramatically). (various references) мелодраматический (blood and thunder, transpontine), аффектированный. (various references) melodramatičan. (various references) melodramático. (various references) melodramatisk. (various references) melodram tarzında. (various references) театральний (dramatic, histrionic, scenic, spectacular, stagey, stagy, theatral, theatrical), мелодраматичний. (various references) quá thống thiết, quá đáng (excessive, fulsome, impossible, violent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "melodramatic": melodramatically, melodramatics. (additional references) | |
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"Melodramatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mellodramatic, melodramatised, melodrmatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "melodramatic" (pronounced me'ludruma"tik) |
| 8 | -d r u m a" t i k | dramatic. |
| 7 | -r u m a" t i k | aromatic, diagrammatic, programmatic. |
| 6 | -u m a" t i k | asymptomatic, automatic, axiomatic, cinematic, diplomatic, emblematic, idiomatic, mathematic, problematic, psychosomatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, undiplomatic. |
| 5 | -m a" t i k | asthmatic, charismatic, climatic, dogmatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, monochromatic, numismatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, rheumatic, thematic, traumatic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, attic, autocratic, bureaucratic, democratic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emphatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, prostatic, static, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-m-m-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: dermatomal. | |
-3 letters: aleatoric, diametral, immolated, maladroit, melodrama. | |
-4 letters: acetamid, acromial, amitrole, aromatic, articled, atomical, calamite, camailed, camomile, cardamom, cartload, celomata, ceratoid, clammier, clamored, coadmire, dalmatic, democrat, dicrotal, dramatic, erotical, idolater, immolate, immortal, lacertid, lariated, loricate, maledict, material, mediator, melodica, memorial, metrical, morticed, racemoid, radicate, recommit, rolamite, tailored, tailrace, timecard. | |
-5 letters: acaroid, acerola, acromia, admiral. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-i-l-m-m-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: melodramatics. | |
+3 letters: thermodynamical. | |
+4 letters: melodramatically. | |
+5 letters: compartmentalised, compartmentalized, thermodynamically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 6C 6F 64 72 61 6D 61 74 69 63 |
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