theatrical
/θiˈætɹɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Fake and exaggerated.
noun
A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
noun
A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
Example Sentences
- "12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled."
- "The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich."
- "Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end."
- "Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: theātricus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /θiˈætɹɪkəl/
- British English: /θiːˈætɹɪkəl/