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overdramatic

adjective

Definition of overdramaticnext
as in melodramatic

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Recent Examples of overdramatic There’s an idea of ‘Nollywood movies’ being quite overdramatic. — The Editors, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 So here’s a toast to the lucky couple, forever overdramatic and true. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025 Cleveland dominated the headlines shortly after the season ended thanks to the overdramatic and highly public contract dispute between the team and star pass-rusher Myles Garrett. — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 His characterization of your openness to weekly visits — a perfectly reasonable concession — as a rejection of his family is unfair and overdramatic. — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Okay, that’s probably a bit overdramatic, but the 27-year-old model did break a yearly fall beauty tradition. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdramatic
  1. melodramatic
  2. wonderful
  3. exciting
  4. wondrous
  5. spectacular
  6. amazing
  7. surprising
  8. awesome
Adjective
  • Sorry, but that does not disqualify you from ridiculing a quarterback for being melodramatic.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Other movies would have made a religious ideal of the suffering mother, attempted to proselytize its audiences, or wallowed in the melodramatic urge for a father figure.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of melodramatic
Adjective
  • Guests have access to the wonderful 18-hole course next door.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With the Moon in your sign opposing Venus in your partnership zone, affection could feel wonderful one minute and intrusive the next.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of wonderful
Adjective
  • Here’s to a safe, healthy and exciting new school year ahead.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Learning about the finance side has also been an exciting challenge.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of exciting
Adjective
  • This time, eager to be more creative and wondrous with my Airbnb selections.
    — Sara Sturek, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is deadpan-funny but also shares the sisters’ romantic conviction that the world could reveal something truly wondrous.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of wondrous
Adjective
  • For more than three years, Starship’s development has been defined by a series of spectacular successes and failures, accruing incremental progress in between.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
  • SpaceX Starship mission plan Monday's mission got off to a spectacular start.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of spectacular
Adjective
  • Bieber described Sephora as an amazing think-partner, letting Rhode run free with its concept.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • You guys had such an amazing blend as singers—the two of you and Denny Laine.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of amazing
Adjective
  • Expect a pan-European menu of pimientos de padron peppers, warm leek salad and a surprising tuna Milanese with fun twists like a wagyu sando.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some of these products are practical, while others are just plain fun, but each one shows how surprising Amazon’s selection is.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of surprising
Adjective
  • So these are the scheduling quirks that come with our awesome move to nine games that has sure looked so great here lately.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This book is full of hilarious moments, a ridiculously awesome entropy sweeper, and friendship in somewhat odd circumstances.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of awesome

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“Overdramatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdramatic. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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