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dramatic

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dramatic[adjective]

Entry Word:
dramatic
Function:
adjective
Text: 1 having the general quality or effect of a stage performance <the basketball player's dramatic announcement of his sudden retirement held everybody spellbound> Synonymshistrionic, melodramatic, theatrical Related Wordsaffected, emotional, sensational Near Antonymsmatter-of-fact, monotonous Antonymsundramatic, untheatrical 2 given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting <oh, don't be so dramatic, and just tell us, without the pregnant pauses, what happened> — see theatrical 1 3 likely to attract attention <a dramatic drop in the temperature overnight> — see noticeable
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