as in theatric
having the general quality or effect of a stage performance
the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences
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Recent Examples of operatic
Venue: Metropolitan Opera Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel gets the operatic treatment from composer Mason Bates in a production directed by Bartlett Sher.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Dido’s wonderfully operatic dying curse on her former lover foreshadows the future wars between her people and the descendants of the treacherous Trojans.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The climax, an operatic conflict that manages to successfully merge emotion with spectacle in a way the rest of the film sometimes struggles with, is a particular feat.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide and spawned a vast multimedia franchise with its flamboyant characters and operatic storylines.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Dido’s wonderfully operatic dying curse on her former lover foreshadows the future wars between her people and the descendants of the treacherous Trojans.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The climax, an operatic conflict that manages to successfully merge emotion with spectacle in a way the rest of the film sometimes struggles with, is a particular feat.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has sold more than 120 million copies worldwide and spawned a vast multimedia franchise with its flamboyant characters and operatic storylines.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for operatic
Adjective
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The idea is to make the merchandise available in tandem with its theatrical debut, or else later, as an additional marketing vector when the project streams or releases on physical media.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Video footage captured the dramatic moment a huge sinkhole opened up along a busy road in front of a hospital in Bangkok on Wednesday.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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As for her footwear, Taylor went with dramatic platforms in a shade of military green, featuring silver mary jane-style buckles and laces running down the front.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Operatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operatic. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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