OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14681

melodramatic

/ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
melodramático
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
melodramático
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenil…
She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.