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Definition of melodramatic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

melodramatic

adjective

/ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk/

/ˌmelədrəˈmætɪk/

(often disapproving)

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full of exciting and extreme emotions or events; behaving or reacting to something in an exaggerated way
- a melodramatic plot full of deceit and murder
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Melodramatic is used with these nouns:
gesture
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