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What (who) is histrionic - definition
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Histrionics; Histrionic (disambiguation)
histrionic
a.; (also histrionical)
1.
Theatric, theatrical.
2.
Acting, actor's.
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
[?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'.
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
Examples of use of histrionic
1. So much for the histrionic, melodramatic raid on the supposed terrorist poison factory of Forest Gate.
2. Their solution, typically Sicilian in its swingeing, radical and histrionic mood, was to remove all the benches lining the street.
3. Her voice lost very little of its power or steadiness over the years, and her histrionic ability always improved.
4. Hid hidden histrionic talent was sometimes ventilated through amateur plays staged by his friends now and then.
5. It also cites his "remarkable personal opportunism" in furthering his career and the "histrionic and combative" defences of French farming that had made him a popular agriculture minister.