operatic
op·er·at·ic
adj \ˌä-pə-ˈra-tik\Definition of OPERATIC
1
: of or relating to opera
2
: grand, dramatic, or romantic in style or effect
— op·er·at·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Examples of OPERATIC
- <the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences>
First Known Use of OPERATIC
1749
Related to OPERATIC
Antonyms: undramatic
Related Words: affected, emotional, emotionalistic, sensational; actorish, actorly, actressy, dramaturgic (or dramaturgical), ham, hammy; amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, exciting, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous; overdramatic
Near Antonyms: matter-of-fact, monotonous, uneventful, unexciting; uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular; common, commonplace, ordinary, stale, unexceptional
Rhymes with OPERATIC
achromatic, acrobatic, aerobatic, anabatic, antistatic, aromatic, Asiatic, astigmatic, autocratic, automatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, cinematic, democratic, diplomatic, Eleatic, emblematic, enzymatic, Hanseatic, hieratic, Hippocratic, hydrostatic, kerygmatic, kleptocratic, melismatic, mobocratic, monocratic, morganatic, numismatic, phallocratic, photostatic, plutocratic, pre-Socratic, problematic, programmatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, theocratic, thermostatic, undogmatic, undramatic
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