'Histrionic' definitions:
Definition of 'histrionic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn: histrionic, melodramatic]
Definition of 'Histrionic'
From: GCIDE
- Histrionic \His`tri*on"ic\, Histrionical \His`tri*on"ic*al\, a. [L. histrionicus: cf. F. histrionique. See Histrion.]
- 1. Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affectedly dramatic; insincerely emotional; -- sometimes used in a bad sense. -- {His`tri*on"ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'histrionic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor-proof,
- affected,
- all-star,
- artificial,
- ballet,
- balletic,
- cinematic,
- cinematographic,
- dramatic,
- dramatical,
- dramaturgic,
- emotionalistic,
- emotive,
- film,
- filmic,
- ham,
- hammy,
- hysteric,
- insincere,
- la-di-da,
- legitimate,
- maniere,
- mannered,
- melodramatic,
- milked,
- monodramatic,
- movie,
- nonrational,
- operatic,
- overacted,
- overdone,
- overemotional,
- overplayed,
- pretentious,
- scenic,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- spectacular,
- stagelike,
- stageworthy,
- stagy,
- starstruck,
- stellar,
- theaterlike,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- thrown away,
- underacted,
- underplayed,
- unnatural,
- unreasoning,
- vaudevillian