hammier; hammiest
: marked by exaggerated and usually self-conscious theatricality
Examples of hammy in a Sentence
a hammy singer whose overwrought renditions of love songs just beg listeners to cry
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Austin’s lush mustache and hammy Southern drawl aren’t quite in sync with the tone; Rudd seems stuck in the Ferrell version of the film.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
But the banter is quick and Yelena and Alexei’s Russian accents are enjoyably hammy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
There’s just enough harrowing sorrow, eye-popping oddity and acting — whether good or hammy, there’s undeniably a lot of it — to make for a transfixing watch.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
There’s nothing hammy or camp about the way the senior actors suddenly develop a predatory glean in the eye, inevitably preceding something awful coming out of their mouths.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
But the banter is quick and Yelena and Alexei’s Russian accents are enjoyably hammy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
There’s just enough harrowing sorrow, eye-popping oddity and acting — whether good or hammy, there’s undeniably a lot of it — to make for a transfixing watch.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
There’s nothing hammy or camp about the way the senior actors suddenly develop a predatory glean in the eye, inevitably preceding something awful coming out of their mouths.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hammy
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“Hammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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