overdramatic
adjective
(alsoover-dramatic)uk/ˌəʊ.və.drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/showingmuchstrongeremotionsthan arenecessaryorusualfor asituation:
When I say shesavedmylife, I am not being overdramatic.
Myparentssay I was an over-dramaticteenager.
- At theriskofsoundingoverdramatic, Iremembersobbingas Ireadthereport.
- Heheavedan overdramaticsighand put down hisbook.
- Officials said theclaimwas over-dramatic.
- You're being abitoverdramatic.
- He gave her awitheringlookthat was so overdramatic everyoneburstoutlaughing.
- It's a little over-dramatic to say she was "devastated", but she was abitupset.
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- pretension
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick
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Exaggerating & playing down