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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected;
- Example: "histrionic gestures"
- Example: "an attitude of melodramatic despair"
- Example: "a theatrical pose"
[syn: histrionic, melodramatic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Histrionic \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a.
   [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion.]
   1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a
      theatre; theatrical.
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   2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes
      used in a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv.
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            Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

histrionic
    adj 1: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often
           affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of
           melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn:
           histrionic, melodramatic]