overdramatic

adjective

over·​dra·​mat·​ic ˌō-vər-drə-ˈma-tik How to pronounce overdramatic (audio)
: excessively dramatic : melodramatic
… true crime shows, complete with overdramatic narrators …Lauren Zupkus
… [scammers] will post links with shocking or overdramatic headlines …Kirstin Davis
… I was told that there was nothing wrong, everyone was dealing with the same thing, and I was just being overdramatic.Ellen Scott
overdramatically adverb
crying overdramatically
read from the script overdramatically

Examples of overdramatic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Their economic status grants them permission to carry out overdramatic displays of emotion, to perform self-victimization and, eventually, to exonerate themselves for their crimes. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024 In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is two-fold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media. Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2023 In Miss Manners’ estimation, your mistake is twofold: caring that much about your mother-in-law’s overdramatic errand announcement, and then trying to validate your hurt feelings through social media. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 June 2023 Every holiday was super overdramatic. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022 The story is soapy, but not overdramatic. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020 Okay, so that’s a bit overdramatic. Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020 MyProtein Creatine Powder MyProtein doesn’t aim to be anything complicated, fancy, or overdramatic. Alyssa Edwards, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022 Overlong and overdramatic, the two-hour-plus biopic does feature some exquisite filmmaking, in scenes where the romanticism of Tchaikovsky’s music is met with flowing camera movements that capture the action in artfully staged tableaux. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of overdramatic was in 1861

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“Overdramatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overdramatic. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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