Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scenery-chewing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: scenery-chew-ing
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting

Example Sentences

"When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out.""

Inflected Forms

more scenery-chewing (comparative) most scenery-chewing (superlative)

Questions

What does scenery-chewing mean?: That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting

How to pronounce scenery-chewing

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