Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melodramatic

/ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: melo-dra-mat-ic
IPA: /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

adj

Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.

Example Sentences

"She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself."
"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 juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France."
"In it, the officer insisted he did not depart from NCND and gave a melodramatic account of my "long pauses" as I said I needed the story, before I eventually became cooperative and said I had "seen the light"."

Etymology

From melodrama + -tic. Modelled after dramatic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: melodrama

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/

Inflected Forms

more melodramatic (comparative) most melodramatic (superlative) melo-dramatic (alternative)

Derived Forms

melodramatically melodramaticism melodramaticness nonmelodramatic unmelodramatic

Frequently Paired Words

melodramatics

Synonyms

histrionic

Rhymes With

democratic dramatic automatic diplomatic static problematic systematic traumatic post-traumatic attic cinematic pragmatic

Questions

How do you pronounce melodramatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/.
What does melodramatic mean?: Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Where does melodramatic come from?: From melodrama + -tic. Modelled after dramatic.

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