CEFR B2

histrionic

adjective

Meaning

histrionic means of or relating to actors or acting. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as histrionic.
A histrionic tone can change the mood of a conversation.

Synonyms: actorish, actressy, dramatic, theatrical, melodramatic

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histrionic (B2)

adjective

Pronunciation: /hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/

Definition

histrionic means of or relating to actors or acting. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as histrionic.
A histrionic tone can change the mood of a conversation.

How to Use histrionic

histrionic + noun (collocation): Use histrionic before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a histrionic reaction."
become histrionic (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became histrionic near the end."

Synonyms of histrionic

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