histrionic
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adjective \ˌhis-trē-ˈä-nik\Definition of HISTRIONIC
1
: deliberately affected : theatrical
2
: of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater
— his·tri·on·i·cal·ly \-ni-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See Examples of HISTRIONIC
- <a penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper>
- <we never tired of his histrionic reenactment of how he found money under the floorboards of a house he was renovating>
Origin of HISTRIONIC
Late Latin histrionicus, from Latin histrion-, histrio actor
First Known Use: 1648
Related to HISTRIONIC
- Synonyms
- dramatic, hammy, theatrical, melodramatic, stagy (or stagey)
- Antonyms
- undramatic
See Synonym Discussion at dramatic
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Rhymes with HISTRIONIC
catatonic, cosmogonic, diachronic, diatonic, disharmonic, electronic, embryonic, epigonic, hegemonic, homophonic, Housatonic, hypersonic, infrasonic, inharmonic, isotonic, macaronic, megaphonic, microphonic, monophonic, monotonic, nonionic, nucleonic, pentatonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, plate-tectonic, polyphonic, quadraphonic, semitonic, skeletonic, Solomonic, supersonic, supertonic, telephonic, thermionic, ultrasonic
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