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What (who) is histrionic$35407$ - definition
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Histrionics; Histrionic (disambiguation)
histrionic
[?h?str?'?n?k]
¦ adjective
1. overly theatrical or melodramatic.
2. formal of or concerning actors or acting.
¦ noun (histrionics) exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.
Derivatives
histrionically adverb
Origin
C17: from late L. histrionicus, from L. histrio(n-) 'actor'.
histrionic
If you refer to someone's behaviour as histrionic, you are critical of it because it is very dramatic, exaggerated, and insincere.
Dorothea let out a histrionic groan.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
histrionic
a.; (also histrionical)
1.
Theatric, theatrical.
2.
Acting, actor's.
Wikipedia
Histrionic
Histrionic may refer to:
- related to or reminiscent of (theatrical) acting, or acting out
- Histrionic personality disorder, a Cluster B personality disorder
- Histrionics (album), by The Higher
- Histrionicus, a genus of ducks
